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Two Years Later

Before the bridge on my way to the gym, there is an unassuming river that nobody else seems to notice. In the summer of 2024, before I moved here from France, I stopped here for the first time to contemplate a magnificent, solitary heron. Though the river keeps flowing, he is still here, and now I am too. I think of the ways I have changed, and all the ways that I haven’t, since I last saw him. 

12-week scan… 
a beating heart 
reminds me 
that this was 
the right choice

About the Author

Timothy Daly


Timothy Daly writes, edits, and researches from a small town in Italy.


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