It's a Love Story

by Annabel Monaghan

There’s nothing that makes a person act more insane than trying to prove how sane they actually are.

Dan gets under my skin. And honestly, the whole purpose of skin is to keep things out.

But it’s the quiet movies that make room for us to look at ourselves. People cooking, teaching, gardening. They’re quiet things, but they’re the things that move us. And people, mostly, are afraid of the quiet.”

but here it’s a thicker, wetter kind of hot. My hair is drinking it up and preparing to explode.

Unfortunately, the toilet has to be flushed, and the sound roars throughout the house. She’s up! She’s peed! the toilet screams.

On the days I don’t run, worrying is my cardio.

Sometimes the simplest facts are the most painful ones. They’re the ones that cut to the essence of who we are.

Love isn’t a helicopter ride to Catalina; it’s everyday care and treating the other person like they’re your house keys.

There is so much laughter in my house and in my life. Not always sidesplitting, snot-making laughter, but sometimes just this light feeling that something good and true could happen at any moment. I look forward to everything.