The State of Grace

by Rachael Lucas

nod. And Anna flashes a really sweet smile. It’s a smile that says thank you for being my friend and thank you for saying I look nice and I know that I got it right. It’s not that I don’t want to get it right, it’s just … God, it’s hard work being a person sometimes.

The trouble with people is they don’t tell you how they feel in words of one syllable or less, so you always imagine the worst. The trouble with being me is I don’t know how to ask because my words get stuck.