Tag: rubble

  • Rubble unfinished

    That’s the hardest part Picking through the rubble to find scraps of once-yellow note pad paper written and abruptly, rudely, ended: Toilet paper Apples Erasers 8 batteries Trash bags Birthday card for — The hardest heart catches itself before it does what it made to do: lie or die. (And flower and a cake for…

  • How to Get Through Hard Times

    There’s no way to avoid life’s cruel, incessant lashings. Here’s what you do when difficult times descend: • You carefully examine the rubble of your cookies. Your immediate thought is that you could never overcome this woeful obstacle. • You put the cookies out of your sight for 35 seconds. • You can’t get the…