Tough day at the office. I stood in the kitchen of an old friend and asked for a hug. She was moving towards me the minute the words left my lips. When her arms closed around me, I sobbed once, twice, and started talking. Couldn't eat. Had to talk. She said, "You need to eat. You need to eat and talk. I know you have a hard time doing both at the same time but you have to eat."I've heard her say that a hundred times in the twenty-six years I've known her. Another kind of sacrament, a sacrament of friendship.
About Me
- Naomi S
- A few things I know for sure. That revolving doors make me nervous. That, sometimes, it takes courage to do the simplest things. That the moment in a theatre before the stage lights come on is exquisite. That poetry is often "one short step to the good ground (May Swenson)." That I love swimming anywhere but especially in swimming pools.
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