Beyond the First Impression
I sit in a place that feels both old and new at the same time. I drink coffee whose taste I know so well, and yet I have not felt it for a long time. Behind the bar of a hotel I once left with unease. Today I savor it and feel peace, as if […]
Real Value
I’ve just opened my eyes. On my phone—a message continuing yesterday’s conversation, and within it a sentence that made me stop and think. Does no one really think of me? Am I just insignificant to them? No. I simply seek attention where I choose to give mine. I want her attention—no one else’s. But what’s […]