The Biggest Headstone
I have no grave to place flowers by. I have no headstone to polish and sweep. I do have a beautiful, smooth, wooden box, made by my husband Cam, that we keep on the same…
Category: Essays
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“Mothers are all slightly insane.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye ***** First there is the sigh, then, “Why are you doing that to yourself, Babe?” His voice drifts toward…
Stuart McLean Was Nice to Me When Nobody Was Looking
All any of us want to be is seen and heard and, if we’re lucky, understood. Stuart McLean’s greatest gift, one that he shared with gleeful abandon, was to reassure us that we are fine,…