Anxiety Speaks Softly and Carries a Big Stick – Liz Kitchens
Published in The Quiet Reader Edition 5
Unwelcome visitors have a tendency to pop in at the most inconvenient times. The telephone is just such an intruder, its shrill ring interrupting sacred downtime. Back when we were still tethered to landlines, sans caller ID, and Sarah’s was the voice on the other end of the line, I would slump into the adjacent chair dreading the next forty-five …