My Husband Left Me For A Younger Woman And Told Me To Be Gone Before He Returned

ground where it had sat for thirty-one years.

By late afternoon, the lot was empty.

Flat earth.

Open sky.

Only the faint outline of where the foundation had been.

I expected triumph.

Or grief.

Instead, I felt space.

Like a room that had finally been cleared after holding too much for too long.

Then I drove to my friend Dana’s house.

She handed me wine, her dog continue reading …