I wasn’t going to bother. It just seemed like too much work. Setting a date. Securing a venue. Getting liability insurance (for a two-hour shindig!). Making or buying hors d’oeuvres and drinks. Sending invitations. All this on top of the lame and loathsome...
What could she do? She couldn’t just lie here all day. Was she desperate enough to clean? Even to her jaded eyes, her half of the room looked dreadful. Reluctantly, she got off her bed and wandered around, pushing stuff hither and yon. Each time she pushed, she...
K.C. IRETON
K.C. Ireton is a writer and teacher. The author of The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year and Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis, she lives near Seattle with her husband and four school-aged children. She is a lover of books, gardens, and tea. Also, Oxford commas.