By Name · Week 3 · Thursday · DEPRESSION He is a college junior, and for about three weeks his roommate has been different. It happened slowly enough that he did not notice at first. His roommate stopped going to…
He Came Back a Second Time
He Stopped Going on Thursdays
By Name · Week 3 · Wednesday · DEPRESSION He has been retired two years. For most of that time he went to a men’s breakfast every Thursday at a diner off the highway. Same booth, same six guys, same…
The Questionnaire at Six Weeks
By Name · Week 3 · Tuesday · DEPRESSION Her son is six weeks old. Everyone keeps telling her this is the happiest time of her life. Her sister says it. The women at church say it. Strangers in the…
Two Weeks After the Promotion
By Name · Week 3 · Monday · DEPRESSION He worked six years for this promotion. Early mornings, late nights, a couple of missed ball games he still thinks about. Two weeks ago he got it. There was a dinner….
A Nap and a Meal
By Name · Week 3 · Sunday · DEPRESSION For two weeks we have been listening to voices outside us. The crowd, and then somebody aimed right at us. This week the voice moves inside. It is your own, and…
Go Sit With Them
By Name · Week 2 · Saturday · BULLIES Every person this week paid something. The woman in the meeting became the one who reported. The seventh grader ate lunch in the library. The man in the family text is…
The Rumor at the Pantry
By Name · Week 2 · Friday · BULLIES She is in her sixties, and for twelve years she has run the food pantry at her church. Every Tuesday at eight she unlocks the side door, turns on the lights…
He Was Laughing Too
By Name · Week 2 · Thursday · BULLIES He is a junior in marching band, and his section has a group chat. Mostly it is memes and complaints about early call times. But for most of the fall there…
The Family Group Text
By Name · Week 2 · Wednesday · BULLIES He is in his fifties, and for as long as he can remember, his older brother has made him the family joke. The haircut in sixth grade. The car he bought…
She Showed Her Mom the Screenshots
By Name · Week 2 · Tuesday · BULLIES She is in seventh grade, and for about two weeks her friend group has been pulling away from her in small ways. Plans she hears about afterward. Inside jokes that stop…