The night before,
my husband told mehe was meeting friends for dinner.
We had plannedto play a round at a par-3 coursethe next morning.
But after drivingmore than six hours that day,
I said,
"I think I'll skip tomorrow.I'm too tired."
He smiled.
"Okay."
The next morning,
I...
"Next week is Chobok.
Could you ask your parentswhether we're going this Sunday?"
I asked my husbanda few days in advance.
Every summer,
we visit his parentsaround that time.
Chobok is the firstof Korea's three traditionalsummer heat days.
If we're going,
I make braised beef short...
A Refreshing Afternoon
"It feels amazing, doesn't it?Like you can finally breathe."
My daughter smiledas we spent the afternoonat the indoor golf practice rangenear our home.
"I understand nowwhy you love coming here."
A cool breezedrifted through the open space.
The mountains stood quietlyin...
One morning,my daughter and I were sitting by the windowat our favorite café,each holding an Americano.
"I don't thinkthe restaurant has opened yet,"I said.
The night before,
my daughter had asked
if we should make a reservation.
I was too sleepy to look into...
My husband was eating yogurt at the table.
I was slicing an apple for him.
"Last night,
you closed the door so hard.
It woke me up.
Then I heard you struggling in the bathroom."
He smiled.
"You never used to notice.
Why have you become so...
"Why stop there?
I let it go first..."
For a brief moment,
my nerves tightened.
I had just pulled outof my parking space
when another carcame toward me.
We both backed up,
almost at the same time.
I pulled backinto my parking space.
The car went by.
Then I...
"Dad really closes doors loudly."
My daughter said after reading one of my posts.
I smiled.
"Oh, I thought it was just me."
For a long time,
I had wondered if I was the only one who felt that way.
Neither my daughter nor my...
"Did you have a good time?"
My son asked as I was preparing dinner in the kitchen.
"I did. It was fun."
I answered with a smile.
He looked at me for a moment
before saying,
"I don't thinkDad slept much last night."
"Oh, really?"
I hadn't...
Something Felt Different
My husband came out of the bedroomand sat down at the table.
His face looked heavy.
Without saying a word,
he took his probiotics,
his homemade yogurt,
an apple,
and the iced AmericanoI had brought home for him.
He ate quietly.
Something felt different.
Before I...
My Husband's Bad Mood
For years, there was somethingI couldn't understand about my husband.
Every now and then,he would become quiet.
His face would look tense.
He would say very little.
Sometimes he seemed irritated.
Sometimes he would close a doora little harder than usual.
Nothing...
