Gladness

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I feel like mothers live in this thick divide between pure, unadulterated bliss on one side, and absolute helplessness on the other. Motherhood is a mix like that. One minute…

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I Remember

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Daddy always put dill on his avocados.  Dill and vinegar. And he'd mix them around in a ceramic bowl and stick them with a silver fork and then offer me some.…

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Home

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Seeing his shoes makes me breathe easy. All worn and untied and soft from all day wear, sitting there, at the end of our long hall.... They tell me that…

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Who I Am

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I'm starting to see some color tinge the tips of these mountain trees. We're sitting here on the fringes of fall, in a place that actually feels and sees the…

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The Night Before

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I do love a good birthday. It's the eve of my entrance into the world and I'm giddy like a child. Every time I look up from some menial, ordinary…

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