
One Tidy Sum
(Originally published in 2015) I had been trying for a while at that point to make myself believe that I was sincerely happy. All of the pieces fit together to make a seemingly perfect whole. He was there, we spent our time together, we loved each other – everything was moving as steadily as it could with the exception of some bumps in the road along the way. I really wanted it to be enough. I wanted to feel beautiful and light when I was with him; I was always hoping for him