Rock Paper Scissors

by Alice Feeney

We weren’t always the people we are now, but our memories of the past can make liars of us all. That’s why I’m focusing on the future. Mine. Some days I still picture him in it, but there are moments when I imagine what it would be like to be on my own again. It isn’t what I want, but I do wonder whether it might be best for both of us. Time can change relationships like the sea reshapes the sand.

Marriages don’t fail, people do.

If every story had a happy ending, then we’d have no reason to start again.

Getting married costs a pretty penny, and pennies are prettiest when you don’t have many of them.

Enjoy the stories of other people’s lives, but don’t forget to live your own.

You can’t unbreak an egg when you’ve already whisked it into an omelette.

Your focus determines your future.