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Seasonal

It’s that time of year again — when we learn to forgive ourselves and each other for all the negativity we’ve inflicted on our world. Battles go on at our borders, fires rage on in our forests, and famine sweeps off our country folk. Tomorrow would be the same—our environment, our reality, and our lives will all remain the same—but now’s not the time to worry. Now’s the time to wish all joy to the world.

Today we celebrate our love for humankind, forgetting the hatred and the jealousy that shroud us during the rest of the year. Today, we wish each other—today I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Tomorrow would bring normality back into our lives, but until then, I raise my glass to you.

Love, misinterpreted

Karen tore her eyes away from the new couple. It was time for her to go home. She couldn’t move, though—acceptance was too difficult. They’d been friends since childhood. Together they’d built sand castles, gone camping, and even spent days at school evaluating boys. Life had been simple then.

Throughout college, Karen didn’t realise she and her friend had fallen for the same person. When at last Kevin reciprocated her best friend’s love instead of hers, Karen was crestfallen.

Though happy for Richard and Kevin, she couldn’t forgive herself for falling in love with a man who loved another man.

The perfect guide

Alisa was the cleverest in the family, and the brightest in class. If anyone could uphold his name, her father claimed, it’d be her. Of his four children, only she possessed the craftiness to carry on his legacy.

Mr. Farber had been a criminal lawyer for fifteen years. From political goons to local thugs, he’d bail anyone out as long as cheques cleared. He cared for process times, and never for process rights.

Growing up listening to arguments disproving facts, Alisa, too, followed suit. As her career spiked she became more like her father, lacking nothing but a moral compass.