The one broken window that permanently wouldn't roll up had destroyed her perfectly curled blond prom-hair, and by the time we got to the gym she looked like Marie Antoinette with bedhead.

She was my destination. I was always on the way to Lena, even when I wasn't. Even when she wasn't on her way to me.

Age-appropriate makeup? Who are you people? What makeup is age-appropriate for a seven-year-old?

Sometimes everyone does the right thing and there's still a mess left to clean up. Someone has to take responsibility for it.

I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.

Oblivion eyes on a cereal box, the warm blinds of a father lost and last to know lost and last to love last boy lost you can't see even a bubble once it's popped

Got it. Demon. Death. Doom.