Troy P Zehnder

The Beauty in the Rearview

October 16, 2025

Sometimes life has a way of circling back when you least expect it. You’re driving along, mind focused on bills, work, or a dozen other small responsibilities, and then, suddenly, a familiar car, a familiar face, a heartbeat you once knew by memory. That happened to me today. She didn’t see me, or maybe she … More The Beauty in the Rearview

If Today was the Last Day

February 18, 2025

I catch myself staring at her again. She notices. “What?” she asks, “What are you staring at?” “Nothing,” I say, but it’s not nothing. It’s everything. I’m memorizing every detail—how the soft glow of the light catches the curve of her cheek, the way her lips part just slightly before she speaks, the tiny crinkle … More If Today was the Last Day