The Ex Talk
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Read between March 5 - March 9, 2024
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“Make people cry, and then make them laugh,” my dad would say. “But most of all, make sure you’re telling a good story.”
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Every time I imagined adulthood, it looked different from this reality. All the important people in my life have their person. I have an empty house and my supposed dream job that doesn’t always love me back.
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“What would a mediocre white man do?” she asks.
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I used to think that without my dad, I’d never be whole again. But maybe that’s what we all are—halfway-broken people searching for things that will smooth our jagged edges.