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December 30, 2024 - January 19, 2025
“When he’s around,” Irene says. She knows her complaints fall on deaf ears. Russ joined the Husband Hall of Fame
seven years earlier when he hired a barnstormer plane to circle Iowa City dragging a banner that said: HAPPY 50TH IRENE STEELE. I LOVE YOU! Irene’s friends had been awestruck, but Irene found the showiness of the birthday wishes a bit off-putting. She would have been happy with just a card.
When the showiness outshines the gift, doesn't it become more about the giver than the recipient ?
It’s not necessarily the creature comforts themselves, it’s that someone thinks you deserve them.
“Love is messy,” Maia says. “My mom used to tell me that. She said love is messy and complicated and unfair.” Maia rolls her eyes. “I’ll take a no-thank-you helping.”
Secrets become lies, and lies end up destroying you and everyone you care about.”
She knows that to become interesting, she must read, travel, and learn new things.
