Coming Together by Coming Apart
My dad and I ripped the last wood paneling off the walls of our new house’s master bedroom. Each sheet that came down revealed the wallpaper underneath- blue, with white and gold leaves. As I hauled the last panel into the backyard, Marisa smiled and excitedly said “our house is coming together!” I thought about all the paneling that still needed to come down and replied “it’s not coming together- it’s coming apart.” Glue from…