The Road Trip
1500 Subscribers // Thank You!
Author’s Note
I just wanted to take a moment to say—thank you. Recently, we hit 1,500 subscribers, and I’m still floored by the fact that so many of you are here, reading, feeling, and staying with these stories.
It’s such a privilege to tell them for you. Truly.
Every character, every line, every beat of intimacy—I write these with my whole heart. And the fact that you’ve made space for them in your life means more than I can say.
Here’s to the next chapter.
From the House, with Love,
—R.
INTERSTATE 20, NEAR TEMPLE, GEORGIA — MIKE
We were crossing Lake Buckhorn when I remembered I never actually said yes.
Jack asked if I’d come with him—help him drive across the country, keep him company, split the gas—and I just looked at him like I didn’t know if he was serious. A few days later, he texted me a date and time. Not a question. Just a plan. I showed up.
Now here we were, westbound on I-20 with the windows cracked and the water flashing blue beneath the bridge. Radio off. Two coffees sweating in the cupholders. The kind of silence that had to be earned.
