Tag: #infertility

  • 7. Books & Blood

    7. Books & Blood

    Chapter 7: Books & Blood Henry owns a bookstore in my hometown. It is beautiful inside. Books, records, and art await your senses. In my twenties, I would linger in the quieter aisles, brushing the spines of books with my fingers and glancing at pages while we tested each other’s boundaries, waiting for Henry to…

  • 6. Cliff-Diving

    6. Cliff-Diving

    Chapter 6: Cliff-Diving August 1999 The heat of the day has caught up to us. Beads of sweat make their home between my shoulder blades, and the thin blades of grass tickle my arms. The seven of us girls are a wave of smiles and voices rushing in and out, crashing into each other as…