A Day Like This

by Kelley McNeil

Marriages disintegrated under the weight of all the snow, breaking at the seams beneath the farmhouse walls they’d tried so hard to mend on their empty fields of dreams.

“You see, many people believe that what we call ghosts aren’t really ghosts after all. Rather, they’re projections of people who are very much alive in another time and place.

“Try to find peace in this life, and the peace may find you in return.

‘Embrace the unknown and—’” “‘See what unfolds when we get there,’”