7 LAYNE One year agoThe idling of a truck engine purrs outside, and I take a peek out the window. When I spot the rented moving truck stop beside the curb, I smile.
Right on time, a first for Griffin. For as long as I’ve known him, punctuality hasn’t exactly been his strong suit. Honestly, it’s amazing what having a serious girlfriend will do to a guy.
Standing and stretching my arms over my head, I take one last look around the nearly empty living room, cardboard boxes piled around the perimeter. When I closed escrow on my dream house last week, I thought the high of home ownership would be enough to carry me through the inevitable moving blues.
But no matter how excited I might be to be moving into my forever home—on my own dime, no less—I can’t quite shake this gnawing feeling that s
