When You Disappeared

by John Marrs

‘Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.’ —Paulo Coelho

Moving the kids from bedroom to bathroom to kitchen was like chasing reluctant chickens back into a henhouse – as frustrating as hell.

if you scratch the surface of something perfect, you’ll always find something rotten hidden beneath.

At an age where I should have been thinking about taking my foot off the accelerator, I was desperately trying to stay in the car.