"In old age, the wife reminisces about her life's errors and her husband and family."
With my secret puppet shadow permanently in the memory trunk, Succubus securely trussed, I devoted myself, as promised on my wedding day, to husband and family, those betrayed for so long.Life has turning points, transitions, milestones. Call them what you...
"In this second to last chapter the wife faces the truth of her adulterous past."
In my school years, friends drifted in and out. Fickle fate granted a lifelong few. Afterward, they were temporarily shipmates to a common port of call. Unloaded, we embark to our different shores.I was blessed with a lifelong friend, Julie....
"After menopause the wife panics on thinking of herself as no longer being a woman."
My time with the Captain built more self-esteem than confessing to an angel for forgiveness. I told Gabriel there was nothing wrong with him. Now I told myself there was nothing wrong with me. The truth was different.It was a...
"On reaching menopause the secret puppet shadow is freed again to romp."
After my confession to Gabriel, the only star’s gravitation that pulled my life’s orbit was family. The kids married, got jobs, bought houses and blessed me with grandchildren. For seven years hubby and I traveled, not just to the San...
"At last the wife finds someone to reveal her sins to."
After the burdens of learning family heritage truths, William's abandonment and Paul's debasement, it took time to put my shattered self-image back together. Often, I would break down and cry. Instead of being gregarious, I became reclusive. Seeing me so,...
"After review of her past male relationships a wife descends into despair."
After William rushed to cuddle his true love, his abandonment of me to fend for myself, my being trapped behind her car, his ignoring me as he moved her Mercedes, the caught in the act event slowly boiled into an...
"A premonition turns out to be true..."
The next week, just before Tuesday noon, as usual, I arrived at William's for our ritual romp with a view but also to see his finished deck. Crossing the Narrows Bridge, I reflected on how it once collapsed in a...
"Wife settles into routine once a week tryst affair of no fuss no muss."
Sailing with William was limited due to our schedules and sailing weather requirements. While we sailed again, there was no more boat sex, it was just too complicated.William knew the Puget Sound and enjoyed showing its nuances as Edward once...
"After learning harsh truths of her family back ground the wife finds diversion on a sailboat."
Parked in an Alameda Avenue bus stop, mind retching turned to dry heaves then sighs. I finally composed myself, restarted the car and drove back on the Alameda just as a bus arrived in my rear-view mirror to claim its...
"Middle age woman continues to learn family secrets including about dark secrets of her mother."
Sunday morning, arising early at the Sainte Clare Hotel where I always stayed when visiting San Jose, I was tempted to drive by our former house and Edward's apartment before visiting Mom. Instead, I drove to Alviso, to seek again...