the new coat of paint helped<\/p>\n
what did Jessica call it? \u00a0tidal wave?<\/p>\n
its blue, light blue, with a teal accent wall at the entrance<\/p>\n
Judy is working on putting up sheers in the doorway<\/p>\n
to blot the light so I don’t get migraines<\/p>\n
I have a big girl desk now,<\/p>\n
the old one was a child’s desk<\/p>\n
a big child, but a child’s desk<\/p>\n
and my big girl desk is turned so instead of facing the wall in the back corner<\/p>\n
I’m facing the people who arrive,<\/p>\n
no one puts Teri in the corner<\/p>\n
anymore.<\/p>\n
but the big thing that changed<\/p>\n
is that after fifteen months<\/p>\n
I finally chose<\/p>\n
not<\/p>\n
to be subordinate to the empty chair in the office<\/p>\n
the place he used to sit<\/p>\n
used to type<\/p>\n
used to be<\/p>\n
used to send all those e-mails from<\/p>\n
the chair everyone knows is empty now<\/p>\n
that chair<\/p>\n
I no longer will be<\/p>\n
subordinate to.<\/p>\n
because that chair is empty<\/p>\n
and my chair has me<\/p>\n
and I am enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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