Most of this year I thought I was chasing goals. The job. The relationship. The body. The finances. I had […]

My doubles partner turned to me mid-tiebreaker and apologized. We were down 4-6, 6-4. The match tiebreaker had barely started

I was at sectionals last weekend when a kid came up and asked how I was doing. His name is

I didn’t notice it was gone until it was gone. That’s the thing about emotional weight. You carry it so

Saturday I beat a guy 6-0, 6-0 in a league singles match. The other team watched. After the match, one

There’s a Wednesday night tennis group I’ve been playing with for a while now. Mixed doubles, rotating partners, the usual

I want to tell you about February. Not the highlights. The other part. The part where I had nothing —

There was a night last October when I sat on my kitchen floor for a long time. I won’t dress