Every night, right around 8:15, Sherman starts pacing. Not frantic or anything—just this slow, patient back-and-forth across the living room like he’s waiting for someone to tell…

𝗠𝘆 𝗲𝘅-𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 – 𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. I…

I was running late to pick up my niece from daycare when the traffic light turned red for the third time. I was two cars back from…

When she said that, I thought maybe the meds were getting to her. Nana had been in and out of clarity for weeks. But there was something…

I wasn’t supposed to be home for another three weeks, but my unit fast-tracked my leave because of some medical stuff back home. That “medical stuff” turned…

The day my son introduced his girlfriend to me should have been a joyous occasion. I had prepared a lovely dinner, lit a few candles to set…

I was just grabbing a new lamp after duty for my living room at this little family-owned furniture place off Elm. Not even five minutes in, I…

I was standing outside our local corner shop when a rumble of motorcycle engines shattered the quiet afternoon. A group of bikers, leather jackets and all, rolled…

𝗥𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗭𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗚𝗔𝗥 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁, 𝗛𝗲…