Kristin Lawlor

And I had forgotten everything she had taught me the first time. So she's very patiently again showing me how to knit. And I add a couple more inches, knit, purl, knit, purl. She's like, your stitches are kind of loose. The yarn's kind of itchy. And then we start talking about our various experiences teaching English abroad. She had taught in China. I had taught in Chile.

We talked about the places we want to travel, the places we have traveled, and kind of knitting, but mostly talking. So at the end of that night, we didn't have to check in. We just knew we'd be back again for another week. And, you know, this time my stitches were too tight, but, you know... she starts to tell me about how she grew up on the West Coast.

We talked about the places we want to travel, the places we have traveled, and kind of knitting, but mostly talking. So at the end of that night, we didn't have to check in. We just knew we'd be back again for another week. And, you know, this time my stitches were too tight, but, you know... she starts to tell me about how she grew up on the West Coast.

We talked about the places we want to travel, the places we have traveled, and kind of knitting, but mostly talking. So at the end of that night, we didn't have to check in. We just knew we'd be back again for another week. And, you know, this time my stitches were too tight, but, you know... she starts to tell me about how she grew up on the West Coast.

She lived with her grandmother, who was a talent booking agent for Elvis impersonators. So she grew up surrounded by all these Elvises, and it was quirky and just weird, and I was loving every minute of it. And so we proceeded like this. Every Monday, I'd add a couple of inches, and we would talk.

She lived with her grandmother, who was a talent booking agent for Elvis impersonators. So she grew up surrounded by all these Elvises, and it was quirky and just weird, and I was loving every minute of it. And so we proceeded like this. Every Monday, I'd add a couple of inches, and we would talk.

She lived with her grandmother, who was a talent booking agent for Elvis impersonators. So she grew up surrounded by all these Elvises, and it was quirky and just weird, and I was loving every minute of it. And so we proceeded like this. Every Monday, I'd add a couple of inches, and we would talk.

And much later, that fall, maybe beginning of winter, she tells me that, in fact, the whole thing had been a setup, that she had tasked her husband with bringing home a friend. She had moved across the country for him to take a new job. She didn't have a job. She was looking, and in the meantime, she didn't know where to begin meeting people, and she was kind of lonely.

And much later, that fall, maybe beginning of winter, she tells me that, in fact, the whole thing had been a setup, that she had tasked her husband with bringing home a friend. She had moved across the country for him to take a new job. She didn't have a job. She was looking, and in the meantime, she didn't know where to begin meeting people, and she was kind of lonely.

And much later, that fall, maybe beginning of winter, she tells me that, in fact, the whole thing had been a setup, that she had tasked her husband with bringing home a friend. She had moved across the country for him to take a new job. She didn't have a job. She was looking, and in the meantime, she didn't know where to begin meeting people, and she was kind of lonely.

So he was a matchmaker, and he did a really good job. I'm like, wait, but you're in a relationship. How can you be lonely? And it had never occurred to me before that I was not the only lonely girl in New York. So eight years later, I have about three feet of a very amateurly knitted scarf, and I'm never gonna finish it. I don't like knitting. But I'm hanging on to it.

So he was a matchmaker, and he did a really good job. I'm like, wait, but you're in a relationship. How can you be lonely? And it had never occurred to me before that I was not the only lonely girl in New York. So eight years later, I have about three feet of a very amateurly knitted scarf, and I'm never gonna finish it. I don't like knitting. But I'm hanging on to it.

So he was a matchmaker, and he did a really good job. I'm like, wait, but you're in a relationship. How can you be lonely? And it had never occurred to me before that I was not the only lonely girl in New York. So eight years later, I have about three feet of a very amateurly knitted scarf, and I'm never gonna finish it. I don't like knitting. But I'm hanging on to it.

And I've hung on to these friends. And with very, very few exceptions, we've had dinner together every Monday night for eight years. Thank you.

And I've hung on to these friends. And with very, very few exceptions, we've had dinner together every Monday night for eight years. Thank you.

And I've hung on to these friends. And with very, very few exceptions, we've had dinner together every Monday night for eight years. Thank you.

He was thin.

He was thin.

He was thin.

He was well dressed, casually well dressed.