Beer stories –
She: I've never had a Hen's night. I had 2 bridesmaids. One of them was being evicted from her rental and the other had cancer. So no one had time for a Hen's night.
He: You tell the saddest stories, you know.
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Names in coffee joints –
"I am M. She is Boss."
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Marriage advice –
"Don't marry musicians. Musicians are unstable."
"You're talking about yourself, right?"
"I thought musicians are just passionate, sensitive and all that?"
"Unless you can deal with a spouse who constantly goes MIA to hide in her music, don't."
That said, litigation lawyers are also unstable.
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"你的这张卡我收了六七年…"
Sometimes, grief creeps up you when you least expect it, in a form you never anticipated, like in the middle of the dull morning, in a business phone call, in words bringing you back to a dusty pink hall thoughtfully decorated and the music, always the music.
I miss him horribly. It's a space in my heart I try and try to fill but cannot.
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