Leaning against my car after changing the oil, I hold my black hands out and stare into themas if they were the faces of my children lookingat the winter moon and thinking of the snowthat will erase everything before they wake. In the garage, my wife comes behind meand slides her hands beneath my soiled shirt. Pressing her face between my shoulder blades, she mumbles something, and soon we are laughing, wrestling like children among piles of old rags, towels that unravel endlessly, torn sheets, work shirts from twenty years ago when I stoodin the door of a machine shop, grease blackened, and Kansas lay before me blazing with new snow, a future of flat land, white skies, and sunlight. After making love, we lie on the abandonedmattress and stare at our pale winter bodiessprawling in the half-light. She touches her belly, the scar of our last child, and the black printsof my hand along her hips and thighs. B.H. Fairchild
About This Quote

The author describes the reality of the world they live in, in which people are constantly moving in and out of their lives, whether it be through death or divorce, and yet they still love each other. This is an important message for people to learn, that no matter how much they might change, or how far apart they may drift, you will always have each other. Perhaps it is the reason they are able to lean against their car after changing the oil so easily. Perhaps they see something good in everything. Perhaps they don’t need to worry about the future because they know that no matter what happens, they will still be with each other.

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