It was supposed to rain all day.
Instead, the rain came and went, barely enough to cool anything down. The air still felt warm and humid.
We don’t have air conditioning at home, so in summer, we use several fans around...
“Feels a little cooler this morning.”
It was Friday morning.
I was making brunch in the kitchen when I thought maybe we could go to the par-3 course the next day.
We had taken a break because of the summer heat.
But I...
“You wrote a really fun story about mackerel.”
“Oh, you liked it?”My daughter and I were walking out of the café, laughing and talking.
“Do you know what it’s called in English?” I said.
“What?”
“Mackerel. It’s mackerel.”
And just saying the word brought...
I enjoyed my morning in a café near my home, drinking a hot Americano and organizing ideas for an hour.
When I came home, I felt energized.
"Why don't I prepare lunch and dinner
all at once?"
"Then I could spend the...
"Next week is course registration."
My daughter smiledas she lookedout the bus window.
"I've alreadyset an alarm.
I don't wantto miss my chanceagain."
I smiled back.
"Already?It's that time again?"
She nodded.
"Last time,
I couldn't registerfor the classesI wanted.
I think
that's why
it was
so hard."
She pausedfor a moment.
"Everythingfills...
A few days earlier,
I had spent far too longlooking for my carin the parking lot.
The car
had been there
all along.
If I had walked
just a little farther
the first time,
I would have seen it. But I didn’t walk any farther.
I stopped
trusting...
