Kara Laudenslager

The Book of Necessities

My soul mate was here and then he wasn’t. He left in the most normal of circumstances, proving that our love wasn’t the slightest bit rare. When our relationship became rocky, I turned back to my spiritual practices that reminded me of who I really was. He turned to Sheila from three cubicles over. I didn’t realize at the time that my reclaiming of myself would be more damaging of the two.