Empire

We could have had it all.

There was a time when my husband was a personal trainer and not a plumber. Before the iPhone, before social media. He had all the certifications, was great at his job, and had clients who drove Lamborghinis and gave us tickets to the Super Bowl. A decade later I became a running coach, built a social media presence, started hosting running retreats.

We’ve often lamented the fact that our fitness endeavors never overlapped. We could have built something big together.

For many reasons, I’m grateful it didn’t work out.

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Empire

We could have built an empire,

he says. As if it would

have been so easy if

we’d know then what

we know now. Perhaps,

but what would that mean

for now if we had?

Making nachos on a

Monday night, our boys

out the front, sprawled

on the grass.

Our girl in and out of

the kitchen with a question

and another.

What of this empire of love?

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