Lydia had run out of excuses to give to friends when she ran across his obituary.

She made wild plans: to date again, dance like Shakira, run at dusk, create a Facebook account to share adventures, sleep through the night after changing the locks one more time against his ghost.

Kay Rae Chomic is a novelist (A Tight Grip), and writer of flash. Kay lives in Seattle dodging raindrops, has a passion for ping pong, and is a Motown fan forever.