Happiness. It's relative.
Posted on March 19, 2022 by Jan Wilberg
The man wears a red plaid jacket and a wool baseball cap. He walks a black cattle dog who pulls hard on his leash. They pass by her house every day at 5:08 p.m.
She knows he lives on the other side of the block because she saw him there once with a different dog. The current dog is the third one since she started noticing.
One day, she yells out the window. “Hello! I like your dog!” His shoulders shift in acknowledgement then he walks on.
She decides to meet him with her dog, but they pass without sniffing.
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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment. It could be about gracefully handling my own aging, being a good feminist, or finding out what it means to be a decent mother and grandmother. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.
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