I Paid Off My Husband’s Debt And The Next Day He Handed Me Divorce Papers – The Archivist

are supposed to be, doing exactly what they are supposed to do, in a life that is entirely and completely their own even when, perhaps especially when, the people who were supposed to know them have spent years knowing only the surface of it.

My father had asked if I was still driving the Volvo.

I was.

It was a good car. Unobtrusive. Carefully vetted.continue reading …