Bananapants

by Penny Reid

the best example of making lemonade out of a dumpster fire,

I avoid crowds, loud places, and loud sounds. I’ll never go to a concert and I never drive during rush hour. When I’m not working, I’m working out, training, researching a job, painting and drawing, reading a book I know will end happily, or watching a movie I know will end happily. I don’t like surprises. I’m picky about food, the quality of clothes, and smells.

He was a line-in-the-sand kind of guy. My sand had no lines. They kept getting washed away by waves, and I’d accepted long ago there was no such thing as controlling the ocean.

I was an extremely patient person. Or maybe I was a stubborn person. Whatever. Same difference.

I did like Desmond and green eggs and ham, I did like them, Ava I am.

Loving him was effortless, like coming home to a place where I felt safe and cherished.