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Submitted to Contest #333
Cooking was Lillian’s love language. Now, that’s not to say she was a professional. Far be it from her to maintain hopes of opening a restaurant or starting a career as an online influencer. But the pleasure she got from sweating under the lazy kitchen fan, Frank Sinatra gently crooning in her ear as the garlic popped and sizzled in the pan on the stove was unparalleled. That was always her favorite part - the moment when raw things began to soften, when patience gave way to reward. Seeing the effort validated in the lightened eyes and ful...
Submitted to Contest #298
It was the summer I graduated college, the kind of summer that feels like it belongs only to you. It took me six years but the degree and the summer was all mine to do whatever I wanted with it. The days stretched long and slow, glimmering with heat and possibility. I was still shaking off the remnants of a dead-end relationship that had exhausted itself, full of apologizes and unfulfilled promises. I had stayed longer than I should have, holding on out of comfort and fear, rather than accepting the inevitable. But that summer, I felt like I...
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