The First Phone Call from Heaven

words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do

not speak are louder than the ones they do

what comes next, we never would have worried.”

The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby’s birth, a couple engaged, a tragic accident on a late-night highway—most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of ringing.

You have to start over. That’s what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really “starting over.” More like “continuing without.”

Every snapshot of their disassembled marriage came flipping back in his presence.

Joy and sorrow share the water

He draped himself in her sad memory, because it was the closest thing to having her around

You have to start over. That’s what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really “starting over.” More like “continuing without.”