I found the note sitting on the dresser, neatly folded next to a bouquet of roses.

“I think we both knew this was coming. I have spent 22 years chasing happiness as if I could catch them if I just ran fast enough. But I am finished chasing life and the world. I have no more fight less in these bones. Baby, my muscles are sore and I am gasping for breathe. I just don’t want to run anymor...

“I think I just met the happiest person on earth.” I thought to myself as I watched her run… No, dance through the swaying trees of a forest of leaves catching fire of orange and yellow. Leaves falling from twisted branches like snow highlighting her graceful form in the near distance. A few paces ahead of her ran her ever faithful dog who periodically looked over his head at her, tongue lolling h...

A book flies past my head slamming into the wall behind me. Across the counter stands my husband. The father of my children and partner. We are fighting again. I swear it is the last time, every time. He’s staring at me with those eyes that once captured my soul. Now I am only captured by my fear. He takes a stumbling step towards me and I brace myself for the impact of what it is to come. He clum...