Blog Entries from Dantes_Francesca

  1. What to Expect When You're No Longer "Expecting"

    What the books don't tell you, the bastards, is what you're supposed to do when you've lost the baby that you've convinced yourself over the last 60 or so days you were going to have. You've picked out names, you've imagined laughing together, and you've even planned where you want the first family pictures to be taken. All of these things have been completed in your mind---only to be torn away by a picture on a monitor that doesn't show a heartbeat. Clichéd thoughts of life is...
  2. Talking to Myself at Night

    It is this time, between 10:00 p.m. and 1 a.m. that I feel the loneliest. This is a sensation I’ve become more and more aware of as I’ve gotten older. I suppose it’s because the rest of the world is winding down, while I’m just waking up. There’s a strange emptiness in knowing that you’ve shown up late to the life party. The other guests are grabbing their coats, and you’re just settling down with your first drink. We’ve all experienced this at restaurants when we’ve arrived just as the...
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