Myra

Myra and Dave had been married for eight years. They knew they had been fighting lately, but they didn't think they'd ever get divorced. When Myra started to identify that she was feeling unfulfilled in her marriage, aware that Dave wouldn't listen to her communicate with him about finances, aware that Dave was only nice …

Prompt

Basil, a recent divorcee, is going on a first date with Brad, another recent divorcee. They both can't help but talk about their recently ended marriages. How does this dialogue go? Is there a second date? Basil used to shave her armpits regularly. She used to get waxed in her bikini area regularly. She's always …

And as she sat there, on the cushon in her five year old son’s dojo, she started thinking about her third. Her third is the third person in her relationship.  Her, her husband, and her third.  Her heart felt like it was getting ripped out of her chest. Her feelings for him are undeniable.  She …

It’s a man’s world, you’re just living in it. CMJ’s journal

She's been a lawyer (a god-damn lawyer!) for over ten years, going on 11 next month. What does she have to show for it? (1) Her husband married her after law school, when she had been a lawyer for three years and while she was teaching at a public school because her soon-to-be husband wanted …

Charlotte Margaret Jones on Business Structures

Are businesses a bunch of legal work or are they all about relationships? I think they're about 80% business with people who are comfortable with a handshake deal and 20% business with people who need things in writing or are hard to get enforcement from a handshake deal. So the lawyers come in to deal …

Charlotte Margaret Jones on Parenting

This thought occurred to me on or about May 21, 2023. I had just missed my almost-3-yr-old's friends' 3-yr old birthday at the children's museum because I went with my husband (and we brought our kids) to a friend's Republican committee fundraiser crawfish boil. My kids had a great time, but I didn't even realize …

Charlotte Margaret Jones

She does not feel like she's walking on eggshells, but he does. She feels his tension, his trepidations, his, sometimes, terror. Miscarriage, when a woman discloses and reaches out for support, it's hard on the friends. That's ok, that's why they're friends. The other man. The one that's not her husband. Does her brain even …

Court and basic language CMJ

She feels exhausted from being in court all day yesterday. "Being," what an infinite word. She was certainly physically (and obviously?! mentally) present in court. The issue was that it used her. She feels a little less of herself for having been (there's that "be" again!) present in court. She feels expended. And today she …

C-M-J

MARCH 2, 2023 3AM The following lists are when I feel supported by my profession and when I feel torn down by my profession.  I’m a lawyer.  While writing these lists, I also determined there’s “something else” that isn’t quite 100% negative or 100% positive, so that’s where I want to start. Something Else When …

She speaks: C-M-J

She's very sad about the national happenings around her. Mostly because they validate the state happenings that she's been fighting for years and at least had the hope the nation would support her efforts in the long run. She asks herself, from the "make more money," "be less shame-filled about money," etc. book she's been …