I’m Glad My Mom Died

I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. “Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with.” Because once the context ends, so does the friendship. I yearn to know the people I love deeply and intimately, without context — without boxes. And I yearn for them to know me that way too.