Monique--39-s Secret Spa- Part 1 (2025)

Have you ever found a secret place that healed something you didn’t know was broken? Tell me in the comments. And don’t worry—I’ll share what happens in Room #9 next week.

Monique nodded like she had heard this exact confession a thousand times. She placed a warm, weighted stone in my left palm and a cold, smooth one in my right. Monique--39-s Secret Spa- Part 1

“You don’t need to be broken to be healed. Monique’s. Thursday. 7:47 PM. Door #9. Bring silence.” Have you ever found a secret place that

Last Tuesday, I was having a particularly bad day. (My toddler painted the dog with hummus. Enough said.) I ducked into a diner to hide for ten minutes, and under my coffee cup was a napkin with handwriting so elegant it looked like sheet music. It read: Monique nodded like she had heard this exact

If you find a grey door on Old Mill Road, and you have the courage to bring your silence… tell Monique I sent you.

So, this is Part 1. I don’t know what Monique will ask me next Thursday. I don’t know what’s behind the other doors. But I know that for the first time in 39 years, I am not in a hurry to find out.

Xo, Monique (no, not that Monique. The other one.)