A thin gray wash of sterile-looking light barely illuminated the room on that early fall morning where Cheri and I found ourselves as far away from our goal of becoming parents than we could have ever imagined. For three years, we had pursued medical intervention to help us conceive, and […]
Author: Matt Appling
The Other Four-Letter Word
I had a teacher in junior high school who had a few pet peeves. Mostly, her pet peeves were words. She forbade us from using the word “cool” unless we were referring to temperature. “Ain’t” was outlawed for obvious reasons. “Yeah” was out too. And “can’t.” She never allowed us […]
