تسجيل الدخولSaturday, 9:04 a.m.We are at the apartment. We are at the apartment in Los Angeles. The apartment is small. The apartment is the kind of small that is full on Saturday mornings.The mail is on the table. The table is the big table. Today it doesn’t have envelopes for sending. Today it has envelopes for receiving.Aiden is in the kitchen. I am in the kitchen. We’re both hovering over the counter like the mail might disappear.The mailman came early. He left a stack. It’s small. 12 envelopes. All white. All addressed to us in different handwriting.We just stare at them for a second."They came back," I say. "So fast," Aiden says. "We only mailed them last week."I pick up the letter opener. It’s new. Silver. Still has the tag mark on it from the store. "This is the ritual now," I say. "What," Aiden says. "Opening," I say.I slide it under the first flap. It makes that small tearing sound.*"Yes. We will be there. - Mrs. Chen"*"Mrs. Chen," I say. "Lena’s teacher." I put it o
Friday, 3:17 a.m.We are at the apartment. We are at the apartment in Los Angeles. The apartment is the kind of apartment that is in Los Angeles. The apartment is small. The apartment is the kind of small apartment that small apartments are in Los Angeles at 3:17 a.m. on Friday mornings when the Friday mornings are the kind of Friday mornings that have doubt in them.I am awake. I am the small, quiet, very real person who is awake in a small apartment in Los Angeles at 3:17 a.m. on a Friday morning.Aiden is asleep. Aiden is the small, quiet, very real person who is asleep in a small apartment in Los Angeles at 3:17 a.m. on a Friday morning. Aiden is wearing the blue sweater. The sweater is Lena's. The sweater is too small. The sweater is the kind of too small that is good.The journal is on the nightstand. The journal is the kind of journal that is on nightstands in bedrooms in apartments in Los Angeles at 3:17 a.m. on Friday mornings. The journal is closed. The journal is the kind o
Thursday, 10:03 a.m.We are at the apartment. We are at the apartment in Los Angeles. The apartment is the kind of apartment that is in Los Angeles. The apartment is small. The apartment is the kind of small apartment that small apartments are in Los Angeles on Thursday mornings when the Thursday mornings are the kind of Thursday mornings that have boxes in them.The box is on the table. The table is the big table. The table does not have envelopes on it today. The envelopes are in piles. The piles are on the floor. The piles are the kind of piles that are on floors in apartments in Los Angeles on Thursday mornings.The box is small. The box is the kind of small that boxes are when the boxes are brought by women named Margaret. The box is brown. The box has tape on it. The tape is the kind of tape that holds boxes closed.Margaret is here. Margaret is the kind of woman who is a Margaret. Margaret is Lena's aunt. Margaret is the kind of aunt who keeps things. Margaret is holding the bo
Wednesday, 6:42 p.m. We are at the apartment. We are at the apartment in Los Angeles. The apartment is the kind of apartment that is in Los Angeles. The apartment is small. The apartment is the kind of small apartment that small apartments are in Los Angeles on Wednesday evenings when the Wednesday evenings are the kind of Wednesday evenings that have dinner in them. The dinner is on the table. The table is the big table. The table is the kind of big table that has 3,800 envelopes on it. We moved the envelopes. We moved the envelopes to the floor. The floor is the kind of floor that has 3,800 envelopes on it on Wednesday evenings. The envelopes are white. The envelopes are the kind of white that white envelopes are. The dinner is food. The food is the kind of food that people make for parents. The food is chicken. The food is rice. The food is vegetables. The vegetables are green. The vegetables are the kind of green that vegetables are when the vegetables are made for parents who a
Tuesday, 2:14 p.m.We are at the dress shop. We are at the dress shop in Los Angeles. The dress shop is the kind of dress shop that is in Los Angeles. The dress shop is small. The dress shop is the kind of small dress shop that small dress shops are in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoons when the Tuesday afternoons are the kind of Tuesday afternoons that come before Saturdays in November.The dress is on a hanger. The dress is blue. The dress is the kind of blue that blue dresses are. The dress is for Sophie. Sophie is the bridesmaid. Sophie is the kind of bridesmaid who is a bridesmaid for a small wedding at a bench in a small park on a hill in Los Angeles with a view of the lobby of a hospital.Sophie is in the dressing room. The dressing room is small. The dressing room is the kind of small dressing room that dressing rooms are in small dress shops in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoons.I am outside. Aiden is outside. We are the small, quiet, very real people who are outside a small d
Monday, 9:02 a.m.We are at the kitchen table. We are at the kitchen table in the apartment in Los Angeles. The table is the kind of table that is in apartments in Los Angeles. The table is big. The table is the kind of big table that has 4,000 envelopes on it on a Monday morning, in the way that big tables have 4,000 envelopes on them on Monday mornings when the people who own the big tables are the kind of people who are getting married on a Saturday in November at a bench in a small park on a hill in Los Angeles with a view of the lobby of a hospital.The envelopes are white. The envelopes are the kind of white that white envelopes are. The envelopes are a lot. The envelopes are 4,000. Four thousand is a lot. Four thousand is the kind of lot that is a lot when the lot is envelopes and the envelopes are invitations and the invitations are for a small wedding.Aiden is at the table. I am at the table. We are the small, quiet, very real people who are at a big table with 4,000 white e







