“People are counting on me to be here.” “I’m your wife! I’m counting on you! We are counting on you!” My voice cracks with emotion.
And what am I left with? Dinner plates that grow cold from waiting, a toddler who asks for “Dada” incessantly, and this inhospitable subarctic soil that I’m lucky to grow weeds in. I’ve just kept on giving this man parts of me, not realizing that I was losing myself in the process.
To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have to drag myself out of bed, or didn’t watch the hours pass. I loved the feeling that came as I switched off my computer and grabbed my coat each night.
When I glance back, the two of them are communicating through a series of glares, waggling eyebrows, and pointed stares. They’re notorious for doing this.
I’m a twenty-six-year-old woman with no debt, who has been living on her parents’ dime despite earning a decent salary for the past four years, without a complaint from either of them because they love having me here and I love the lifestyle I can afford by living at home.
Do you think you could gain something from going to Alaska?” “Besides a picture with my mom’s sperm donor?”
— Они не привыкли видеть живую куклу Барби, вот и все.Я хмурюсь. Он только что назвал меня…— Я не кукла Барби!— Нет? — Джона бросает на меня косой взгляд, в его глазах веселье. — Фальшивые волосы, фальшивое лицо, фальшивые ногти… — Его глаза опускаются к моей груди, а затем устремляются в сторону. — На тебе есть что-нибудь настоящее?У меня отпадает челюсть.— Они не фальшивые!
At least the next plane is substantial, unlike the tiny things Wren insists on flying. God, how on earth did I ever think marrying a born-and-bred bush pilot was a good idea?
Simon is big on asking me how things make me feel, especially when he knows I don’t want to talk about it. He’s a psychiatrist and can’t help but psychoanalyze everything and everyone.
Life will keep moving and changing, whether we want it to or not.