Oh, raising a child, going to medical school. Then completing my residency and becoming one of the top surgeons in my field.
[ She isn't attempting a brag; those achievements cost her. And Claire doesn't mind sharing, either; she trusts that if she ever bumped into a topic he didn't want to speak of, he would tell her. Just as she would let him know, but there isn't much she wouldn't discuss at this point. She enjoys Michael and considers him a trustworthy friend. ]
I suppose I could have made time.
[ She could have made time for a lot of things. Her two wedding rings seem to glint a little as she grinds what she has for him so far in her mortar and pestle. ]
But I wasn't living where I wanted to be, either. I was in Boston, my daughter was born there and it was her home, but it was never really mine. Too noisy and crowded, too much cement and not enough green.
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[ She isn't attempting a brag; those achievements cost her. And Claire doesn't mind sharing, either; she trusts that if she ever bumped into a topic he didn't want to speak of, he would tell her. Just as she would let him know, but there isn't much she wouldn't discuss at this point. She enjoys Michael and considers him a trustworthy friend. ]
I suppose I could have made time.
[ She could have made time for a lot of things. Her two wedding rings seem to glint a little as she grinds what she has for him so far in her mortar and pestle. ]
But I wasn't living where I wanted to be, either. I was in Boston, my daughter was born there and it was her home, but it was never really mine. Too noisy and crowded, too much cement and not enough green.