Remembering this story I wrote sometime in late 2016 or early 2017. It was a period in which my time was being controlled by the person who I was dating, when doing anything creative, or anything for myself really, was a struggle. My time alone or with friends would often be interrupted and sabotaged by the person I was dating (see the story about being kidnapped from a poetry reading in "a place a feeling something he said to you," or any story in that book really).

This story, “Better Homes And Gardens,” was one of three stories I wrote that were published in Sporklet 8. It's incredible for me to read these stories now, to reflect on how I was able to channel my energy to make something new during a time when I felt like a stereotypical character from a Lifetime movie. Somehow I was able to write these stories, and reading them now I can clearly see how I was feeling and trying to quietly resist my situation.