Packages - An excerpt from a book titled The Silence We Eat

"My husband comes home midday, sweeping the garage floor with his brand-new Benz. He pats the bonnet after shutting the front door on the left. He calls her Lucy and he does not look at me the same way he looks at her with smiley eyes above his pointed nose and thin lips on his almost oval face. He is also 5'8", so it is safe to say that I look up to him. As a housewife, what other things can I aspire to do than watch movies, arrange furniture, and have my mother-in-law sweep sorrowful words into my thoughts?
I suggest to my husband that he registers her with the knitting club at the library and he does. She skips her meetings all the time and blames it on her developing dementia. I wonder how she continually remembers that she has dementia, yet forgets her sessions. I never bother to ask."

A female character, upon gaining peace and forgiveness from her past, proceeds to another chapter of life. However, her marriage opens the door for another phase of sadness as she experiences miscarriages. Just like the other stories in The Silence We Eat, the character's eyes become lenses through which we see a non-empathetic mother-in-law and a distracted husband who do not support her as they should. In silence, she explores her dreams and when the opportunity became ripe, revealed her true desires to her husband.

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