Erin

I miss you like a virgin misses her child.

Mother

You are, and have always been, the strongest woman I know - hell, the strongest person I know - and everything I do I do in your honor, and in acknowledgement of your sacrifice.

 

Don't ever think for a second that I have ever been sorry to be your son, that I was somehow short-changed at birth because of your limitations. That sort of weakness does not run in our family, and I will not allow such weakness to fester in this household. 

Failure is always an option, but I defy it to continue. Thank you for showing me how.

Sometimes you just need to find a nice, dark, quiet corner of this earth and scream until your lungs resemble two bloody rags.

Dead Meat

I lie here alone, drawing flies. 

Rotting meat is all I am.

Covidiot

You will never know how close I came to weaving my hand around your salt-and-pepper ponytail, gripping it, snapping your head back with it, and losing my fist down your throat.

I wish the anti-maskers would hurry up and die off so we can get this pandemic over with.

Fey (Family Man)

We married when you were 18 years old and I was 31 years old.

We waited five years before conceiving and delivering our first child, a boy named Tobias.

Another five years passed before we completed our family.

Tobias would be followed by a daughter named Kira, a son named D'artenio, two more daughters named Addison and Chelsea, and a third son named Xavier.

We had our reasons why.

Ann

"I don't want to get sick and I don't want to die. Not like this."

I finally understand.