Friends with Secrets

by Christine Gunderson

She was also pro undisturbed sleep and pro being alone in an empty room without another human being touching her for five minutes at a time, but unfortunately these comforts were not available in a can. Which was probably why people used drugs.

motherhood was only a short season in a long life.

At 3:00 a.m. when the baby refused to sleep and her mind drifted, she found herself wondering if her life was a hallucination.

Motherhood was only easy if you did it the wrong way.

“People treat you the way you look.”