Foggiest Idea

“I saw you kiss Sam’s sister at the shed-warming party,” I said to Roger. “Are you two getting back together?”

“Not now,” he said. “Just once I’m gonna wait until my head clears before I start something new.”

Roger  had met his first wife at the Westmoreland County Courthouse when his mind was fogged with the possibility of spending the next 24 to 39 months in lockup.  The stabbing ended that marriage. His second wife had been a nurse in the ER. That marriage lasted ten years, mostly because she worked nights and they rarely saw each other. He met his third wife as his long-term love affair with alcohol and cocaine was ending.

Roger added, “When you’re in the fog, when the dust hasn’t settled, you want to find something to hold onto.  But because you can’t see so well, you latch onto anything.  Better to still your mind and wait for the sadness and confusion to pass.”

“Not easy to do,” I said, “But a good idea.”

Today, and in the future, I won’t make decisions in a fog.

Dogged Determination ©2018 & 2019 by Ken Montrose

Dogged Determination is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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