My Mother Said I Only Care About Myself Until I Canceled Everything I Was Paying

to identify what I was feeling. Not happiness exactly. Happiness is round and warm and tends to announce itself. This was something more structural, the sensation of having used a thing correctly, of having been the right size for the container I’d put myself in.

I went upstairs. Showered. Made coffee. Sat by the window and watched the street and thought,continue reading …