“I knew who Tim Davis was in high school, but I didn’t introduce myself to him until my mom ran him over with her car. And this is not some kind of “meet-cute” story, where her tires caught his foot as she slowly backed out at the grocery store or something. Rushing home on a drizzly November evening, from a place she should not have been, my mother mowed Tim down as he rode his bicycle to work, paralyzing him below the waist.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Colliding” by Julie O. Petrini from Vol. 33:3 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Julie O. Petrini is a technology lawyer and writer. She splits her time between Southern Pines, NC, and Wellesley, MA. Her essays and short stories have been published in Pinestraw Magazine, Motherwell, Raleigh’s News & Observer, and Page & Spine, among other publications.