It Was Nice - In The Dark

We'd Failed, Maybe, But Some Mysteries Aren't Meant To Be Solved.

The Act Of Leaning In To Kiss Someone, Or Asking Them, Is Fraught With The Possibility Of Rejection, So The Person Least Likely To Get Rejected Should Do The Leaning In Or The Asking.

But Mothers Lie. It's In The Job Description.

What Can We Do?" Mom Asked Again. I Shrugged. But She Kept Asking, As If There Were Something She Could Do, Until I Just Kind Of Crawled Across The Couch Into Her Lap And My Dad Came Over And Held My Legs Really Tight And I Wrapped My Arms All The Way Around My Mom's Middle And They Held On To Me For Hours While The Tide Rolled In.

Amsterdam Is Like The Rings Of A Tree: It Gets Older As You Get Closer To The Center.