Where did you get that ring

for the first time in days.

A month later, I used part of that money for something Vivian would have hated.

A vacation by myself.

Not Paris.

Not the Maldives.

Not anywhere Instagram expected a woman to heal dramatically in linen pants.

I rented a small cottage on the coast of Maine for two weeks. I ate lobster rolls at picnic tables. I walked rocky beaches continue reading …