dailyeatings

“Oh, this is random,” she says, using her favorite introductory phrase. “I really want to make cookies tonight.”
Uh, sure, I say, secretly relieved. I’ve learned that “This is random” could mean any number of things, from a mundane question about the dirt in my car to the preface to an hours-long conversation that emotionally unhinges [...]

when i think about how much changed in the last three years

all the growing, the settling, the softening, the inescapable pull of creeping maturity

to where even the most resistant among us have had our sharp, unruly edges rounded

the merits of what we’ve gained cannot be questioned or discounted

but it’s hard not to feel a little [...]