first day of school – coatsquotes

BABY

There has never been a longer walk than the one I just made from my baby’s kindergarten class to our minivan in the back of the parking lot. Michael has asked me to please stop calling him a baby, and I cannot. My mom still calls me her baby, and so I have resolved thatContinue reading “BABY”

HARD

I sat at the intersection in front of the school, with the 8:33 a.m. sun glaring in my window, head throbbing, tears streaming, trying to think which way to turn. Why can’t I think which way to turn? I need to get Zachary. Why is this so hard? I suddenly remembered sitting in the floorContinue reading “HARD”