We take the tiny miracles which are given us. We pack them carefully and we take them home with us. We keep them for the days when there will be no new memories left to gather and we will have to be content with what we have. I make a mistake. I talk too fast, […]
All that floats from my breath when I think of you, blowing kisses into the wind, are thank yous. Dear Mom: If you were still here to sit with me and listen to a litany of everything I should have understood about us long, long ago, I would tell you so many things. I would […]
My mother is fading before my eyes. The coffee was just the latest. First she stopped driving, then she stopped stocking the fridge for family visits, then she stopped cooking at all. We let each transition pass quietly, stepping in to shoulder a weight she couldn’t manage anymore. She gave her car to my niece, […]
