by Laura Jablonski | Jun 16, 2021
The sun was just setting on the horizon. I knew it would only be a week, but that didn’t make it any less painful. Soon, she would be gone for two weeks, then for a month. Before long, our lives would be pulling us apart and it would be years before we saw each other...
by Laura Jablonski | Jun 16, 2021
It’s raining today. I can expect a couple of things. The parking lot will be covered by a thin layer of frothy soap and bubbles that have spilled from the open doors of our neighboring laundromat. There will be a large amount of soup and warm meals to make tonight....
by Laura Jablonski | Jun 16, 2021
Each time that I stood on the starting line for my high school cross country races, it would strike me as odd that the finish line was 3 miles away, but also plainly in sight only 10 yards to my right. Most cross country courses are arranged in a loop so that the...