Stories

The reunion of two friends, decades later, when there’s still time to forgive The Silence of the Years He was sixty-eight when he received that message. It wasn’t long. Not even emotional. It simply read:“I’ll be waiting on the bench in Hyde Park, Sunday. If you still remember.”And of course, he remembered. An Old Bond, […]

The Inventory of Unspoken Words I found out on a random Tuesday. The doctor didn’t even look up as he read the results. “It’s best if you start making preparations,” he said quietly, as if confessing a forbidden secret. I thought it was odd: Prepare for what? You can’t plan for death, I thought. It […]

When Monday Brings More Than Routine I don’t remember all the names. It’s strange to admit that. I’ve said them a thousand times, written them in reports, on prescriptions, on urgent notes stuck to the fridge. But some fade. As if time makes space for the new, letting the old ones rest in a quiet […]

There were days when Emma woke up and, for a brief moment, forgot that James was gone. It was that fleeting instant upon opening her eyes, when the soft morning light slipped through the curtains and her half-asleep body still expected to hear the sound of the coffee machine or James’ footsteps in the kitchen. […]