how i met your father

And We Move Again

by beth August 25, 2010

1999 We had decided it was time to move.  Again. Third time’s the apart­ment charm. And so we began to look around.  This time we were look­ing to move out­side the City.  We were leav­ing Detroit. It was bit­ter­sweet.  I was excited to move. I was tired of the lack of gro­cery stores & strange men […]

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Could You Play Richard Marx For Me Casey?

by beth August 10, 2010

1999 Fri­day came and went.  Sat­ur­day came and went.  I thought that after telling Mike about what Alex said that maybe it was for noth­ing.  I had opened up this big hole in our life by telling him. But I couldn’t NOT tell him, what hap­pened if Alex showed up?  I’d have to explain that […]

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A Cat Has Nine Lives

by beth July 29, 2010

1999 As I sank deeper into my chair, eyes wide but unable to see any­thing clearly I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me.  How could he say the words “feel” & “about you” in the same sen­tence?  I couldn’t find words, I just stared at Alex. Seri­ously, when did it get […]

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Curiosity Killed the Cat

by beth July 21, 2010

1999 After my shifts at the restau­rant I’d sit around with the other servers & bar­tenders chat­ting. I didn’t like leav­ing & going home to an empty apart­ment.  Mike often worked later than my shift ended & I wanted to wait with peo­ple ver­sus wait­ing home alone.  Plus, if I waited then I wouldn’t have […]

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