I Thought You Said This Would Work

by Ann Garvin

“However large or small a group is, the addition of one person will forever change interactions, and preexisting ground rules no longer apply.”

This was the comfort of love. It didn’t cure cancer or reduce the pain of childbirth, but it cloaked lovers, friends, and family in an embrace that stretched far and wide and was supremely difficult to break, despite our best idiotic efforts.

That was what true survival was, keeping the heart beating while continuing to feel everything.