I Wanted to Be Kinder Than I Was

Dear Delyara, I was impatient tonight with someone who didn’t deserve the full weight of what I brought into the conversation. I wasn’t cruel, but I wasn’t soft either. Afterward I sat with that familiar feeling — not full guilt, exactly, but disappointment in myself. I want to be the kind of person who does not pass tiredness forward. Some days I fail at that. I hope I get more chances to do it better.