Lunch had been satisfying.
I made spicy beef and vegetable soupand cooked multigrain ricein advance for my husband to eat later that evening.
While boiling eggs for him in the morning,I added two more.
I roughly mashed the eggs,sprinkled a little salt...
Yesterday, I drove for nine hourswithout feeling tired.
The next day,I wasn’t planning to drive again.
But I got a call from the bank.
It was right before a long holiday.
Train tickets were already sold out.
So I drove.
This time, alone.
I played upbeat...
I thought it would be exhausting.
Nine hours of driving—highway, traffic, Seoul streets.
But something unexpected happened.
I didn’t push through the day.
I just kept… shifting.
And somehow—
I didn’t feel tired.
Leaving
That morning,I was already moving.
Packing a simple lunch.Making cinnamon toast for my son.
The...
I didn’t plan to reset. I was just driving.
On the highway,on my way back.
A little tired.
My body felt… slightly off.
A yawn slipped out.
I stopped once beforeat a rest area.
Walked to the restroom.Stretched my body.
Then back on the road.
It...
A Morning Without Planning
I stepped out of my roomand saw my daughter eating yogurt.
I poured myself a glass of lukewarm waterand put eggs on to boil for my husband.
I didn’t ask her firstif she wanted to go to a...
One morning—
bubble, bubblebubble—
tap, tap
Eggs were boiling on the stove,for my husband’s breakfast.
As the water heated,I felt the warmth rising,
so I opened the veranda door.A breeze.
It felt fresh.
crunch, crunchcrunch—
The sound of slicing an applefelt clearer somehow.
No one else was awake.
The...
One afternoon,I found myself removing the labelsfrom empty plastic bottles.
It was quiet.
But my mind wasn’t.
It had been moving all day—thinking, doing, continuing.
Too fast.
A Moment I Didn’t Plan
I slowly walked to the kitchen.
And saw a pile of bottles.
I just sat...
I was sitting at the living room table,scrolling through photos I took yesterday.
My son walked over and asked,“Is it fun?”
“Yeah, it is. Want to see?”
I showed him a photo my husband took—a farmer, a cow, and a field.
He looked...
Finding My Rhythm Again
This morning, I watched my husband get out of bed earlier than usual.
He said, more than once, that he had slept well, even though his face still carried a trace of fatigue.
These days, he’s been quite...
"How about a drink with my friend's couple tonight?"
My husband called in the afternoon.
The couple we meet every few months wanted to see us.
I said yes right away.
Those evenings were always easy—light, familiar, and quietly fun.
We had dinner, shared...
