A Whisper From Another Room

It’s about quarter past eight on a Monday night, and I’ve just put my young son down to bed for the evening. I’ve let him stay up a bit past his bedtime, as I often do on nights like this when my wife is working late, and by the time I finally turned on his … Continue reading A Whisper From Another Room

The Shower

The shower was small, but not cozy.  'Cramped' would have been a better word.  There were only two stalls and each of them was only about three feet squared; just enough room for a human being to step inside, get clean, and get out again.  Which, of course, was all that really mattered.  The stalls … Continue reading The Shower