“Man plans and God laughs.”
— Yiddish proverb
Helen had been divorced for about a year and didn’t plan to get involved in another relationship for awhile. Her marriage had been unhappy and abusive. This short and skinny woman had started eating too much and became overweight for the first time in her life.
She felt lousy about herself inside. She felt unattractive on the outside. She didn’t trust anyone. Her plans were to stick to her own business and get her life in order. She didn’t want to fall in love with anyone.
About 18 months ago, she had worked all day and then spent an hour working out at a gym when a friend called to ask her to have a drink. She told her friend she was tired and that she was in workout clothes, but her friend persuaded her to meet at a bar for a few minutes anyway.
And that’s the night she met Michael.
I still feel shame for wanting to pursue the desires of my heart
How would we see the gang war in Texas if the faces had been black?
I am angry that life doesn’t work the way I once learned it should
Italy sending seismologists to jail for failing to predict big earthquake
How miserable does someone have to be to ‘troll’ a cute dog picture?
I’m exhausted and numb from placing trust in the wrong people
Now that his threat is truly gone, I realize my father hated himself
Vulnerability is scary, but failure to be open guarantees loss of love
Youth and death are bookends pointing toward truth between