Chapter 34

October 2012-October 2013

I graduated with an AA in English from the local community college. I had saved some financial aid money, so I quit my job. I tried to be a novelist. My grandmother had a stroke, so I visited her in the hospital and then in her convalescent home. I kept passing by a comedy club, on the bus. One day, I went in. It was the first night I didn’t cry since my mom died. I woke up the next morning. I wanted to go back to the club. It was the first thing I’d wanted since my mom died.