My oldest daughter was away at school. When she called to wish her younger sister a Happy Birthday, she lamented, “I didn’t get any birthday cake.” I cut a slice of cake as thin as I could. I put it in a Ziplock plastic bag and squished it as flat as I could. The sandwich […]
Downsize. Get rid of clutter. I was determined. I opened a box that I hadn’t looked at in over 30 years. The items inside were covered with soot. After the fire that destroyed our living room and after we moved back into our home, I had set this box aside to sort through later. Later
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“There’s a scary noise,” she said. “It goes ker-thump, ker-thump, ker-thump. It’s on the stairs.” Agnes drug herself out of bed. She put a finger to her lips as a reminder to her daughter that they needed to be quiet. It would not be a good thing if she woke her father. They tiptoed out
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