And the rest is history,' I said. Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.

I wanted to be somewhere else ... Someplace where the sight of me sobbing would tie me to no one and no one to me.

Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together.

I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.

My point is you're different here. Hollis I've only been here for a month. A lot can happen in a month he replied. Shoot in two weeks I met my future wife changed my entire life's trajectory and bought my first tie. You bought a tie I asked. Because honestly this was the most shocking part.

I'd chosen instead to just change my route, go miles out of the way, as if avoiding it would make it go away once and for all.

call it chicken salad