23 of 50 haiku poems written on Friday, July 1, 2011 to document the day my husband had surgery. Each haiku deals with something that was around me that day from the time I left that morning until we were home and finally went to sleep.

The things you expect the least have the ability to surprise you the most.

Good luck is great for happiness.

Placement, running away, therapy.

In 2008, yours truly attempted to be hired as an apprentice under a licensed electrician. Suffice it to say, my mentors chose not to hire me – not because of my ability to complete work, but due to the fact I didn’t fit into the typical stereotype of a blue-collar worker.

The experience I had on the first day of work at Hewlett-Packard, Bangalore, India.