The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion #1

by Beth Brower

you will look very thoughtful and intelligent. Let us hope you are. Unless you hope to marry soon. Then let us hope you are not. It takes a courageous man to marry a woman with a mind.”

I once asked him about the afterlife. I said, “Maxwell, what do you think it will be like?” He answered back, “Well, Lion, I can’t rightly say, but I do hope I’ll know better what to do with that one than I do with the one I’ve got at present.”

While there are many things beyond our control, I’ve always thought the cruellest is that we mortals are not told when our last glance is just that.