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Weekly Contest #86
I look at my reflection in the bathroom mirror. Was I ready? Did I want to do this again? Can my heart bear it? The buzzing of my cellphone on the sink's edge zones me back into my reality. It was Mama. "Hello." I listen as she talks about her day and I reply back when she asks me about my day, but I know she is wanting to ask me if I was still going to come out to the neighborhood's get-together for an old friend's retirement. "I'm still coming Mama." I could hear the joy in her voice, as we end the call. I walk from the bathroom into my ad...
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