I rolled up the door of unit 63, my heart in my throat, and the light fell on furniture I knew, furniture I had wept over losing decades ago: my …
We Dont Have a Storage Unit I Told the Young Man Read MoreI rolled up the door of unit 63, dreading the worst, and the light fell on a woodshop, tools laid out neat as a pin, and all around the walls, …
Bill Handled the Money for Forty-Three Years Read MoreI rolled up the door of unit 63, sick with dread, and the light fell on a kitchen. A full setup: industrial mixers, racks, ovens, sacks of flour, and a …
Thirty-Eight Dollars a Month to a Place I Never Knew Read MoreI rolled up the door of unit 63, my hands shaking with dread, and the light fell on paintings. Dozens of them, leaned and stacked against every wall, and every …
Redbud Self Storage Unit 63 In Bills Name Since 2009 Read MoreI rolled up the door of unit 63, braced for the worst thing a widow can imagine, and the light fell on a car under a fitted cover. I pulled …
Only Came at Night the Young Man Said About Bill Read MoreI rolled up the door of unit 63, my heart hammering with a fear I could not name, and the light fell on a telescope, a big beautiful one on …
Cleaning Out My Late Husbands Autopays I Found a Storage Unit Read MoreI set my drill on the shingles real slow, because tucked in that joist bay over where the couple now slept was a wooden box, and inside it, wrapped in …
An Older Couple Hired Me to Reroof a House Outside of Wooster Read MoreI looked at the date beside the names, and I set my saw down real slow, because the date on that wall was from before my daughter was born, before …
A Man Hired Me to Open a Wall in a House Outside of Cadiz Read MoreI set my bar down real slow, because a foot down in that disturbed gravel, my fingers closed around a metal box, and when I lifted it out and pried …
A Young Couple Hired Me to Level a Sinking Garage Floor Outside of Newark Read MoreI turned the key in unit 118 and rolled up the door, bracing for heartbreak, and heard, of all things, the faint memory of music, and the light fell on …
This Morning I Told My Daughter the Kroger Story Read More