I married a stranger I met in a hospital waiting room so he wouldn’t die alone—after just one week of marriage, his lawyer handed me his backpack.

Just a folded sheet of notebook paper.

I didn’t open it there.

A list.

Botanical Garden

Farmers’ Market

Ice cream from Oakridge Street

Feed the ducks even if they ignore you

I laughed before I realized tears were already rolling down my face.

Feed the ducks even if they ignore you.

At the very bottom he’d written: “Ordinary Tuesdays continue reading …