Morning Sunday, August 25th, 2024 Garin met Joey at his mom's church for Sunday mass. She was 87 years old but could walk and talk like she was 77. Diagnosed with cancer five times, she'd been "dying from this fifth bout since 2020" and in her words "couldn't give a damn if it did get me, am I supposed to get it five more times. What a bitch it'd be if I beat cancer's ass and I went to the Lord by something dumb like... l...

I'd become meaner and meaner to my girlfriend, Dilanna. It wasn't even her fault, but it started with something she told me. Dilanna wasn't my first girlfriend; she's my second, and aside from knowing neither of us is an untouched virgin, we'd avoided talking about our pasts. That was my idea, actually. I told her early on, something like let's not worry about that. I meant it, I didn't want to explain my failed relations...

Morning Sunday, July 7th, 2024 Garin had pushed their luggage cart through Newark Liberty International departures terminal to the check-in counter and then set them loose with hugs and kisses at the security checkpoint. Almost 9 hours later, on landing, Alan taught Penny how to blow the pressure out of her Eustachian tube with the Valsalva maneuver, and she was relieved with awe that it worked. On the other side, at Char...