Tessie D

Friday is my last day of work. We’d planned to leave at the end of the month, and I don’t have the heart or courage to tell anyone how much everything has changed. Angel came home last night, and we’re leaving, as planned, tomorrow. He’s going to take me to my parents’ house while he…

We haven’t slept together yet. Angel slept on the couch all weekend, and I slept in the bed by myself. It wasn’t at all like I’d imagined my honeymoon would be. I busied myself around the cabin—cleaning, trying to distract myself from the tension. “Stop. You have to stop,” he says. “You’re my wife, not…

One of the reasons we’d gone to Fredericksburg in the first place for our honeymoon was to meet with a realtor and check out some land Angel wanted me to see that he was considering. Later that morning, Angel got up and started getting dressed, and it looked like he was about to leave, so…

I suppose I need to finish the story. I haven’t read what I wrote yesterday, so forgive me if there are redundancies. I don’t want to re-read to make sure I’m not repeating myself. I’m just trying to tell the truth of it all and share the whole of it. But I just can’t go…

Angel and I got married. I wish there was a different story that I could tell about the last week. And I suppose maybe I should start from the beginning. Tell it all, try to find the words. We went up to the courthouse on the 14th and had our appointment at 2 o’clock. I…

I’m going to be leaving my job at the end of the month. Mr. Owens and Angel were talking about the spring, and it seems that the dairy is struggling. They can’t afford to keep everyone on, and Angel suggested that they didn’t need me anymore.  When Angel told me, I asked him about my…

Angel and I went shopping yesterday afternoon for the wedding. I wanted to wear a dress, but I didn’t have a white one. To be honest, I didn’t have anything that would’ve been nice enough for a wedding. I could’ve worn my new white suit, but it seemed like it might be… inappropriate to wear…

I had a terrible night last night. I didn’t get any sleep, and then I came into work and broke down in tears in front of Angel. He was so confused, and I couldn’t tell him the real reason why. I just told him that it was about a book I’d read, and he figured…

Angel and I went to the courthouse at lunch today to pick up our marriage license and get an appointment for the ceremony on February 14th, Valentine’s Day. We haven’t told anyone at the dairy yet, so we were vague and only told Mr. Owens that we were running an errand in town during lunch…

Angel and I went out for a walk again today at lunch.  “Let’s go down to the county clerk’s office tomorrow at lunch. We’ll file for our marriage license and schedule our appointment with the judge. You’re okay with nothing fancy, right? I don’t want a big deal. It can be just you and me.…