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A year’s worth of planning fled my thoughts in panic as I tensed on the couch opposite her, my mind teetering between willing myself to say the words and thinking I never would. Suddenly, I got the bright idea that this moment shouldn’t be dire or dour. Hmmm...what's the most celebratory way to do this?
Read MoreIn those first years, she only spoke about my dad in the context of a nightmare she kept having. She would hear the bell and descend the stairs only to find him waiting behind the door. What made my mom wake in a cold sweat, was the exact thing I silently prayed for each night. And so, we didn’t talk about it.
Read MoreAs Evalina pumped me for details about the wedding, I pumped Evalina for details about her coffee-ground reading abilities. How long had she been doing it? How did she know how to read them? Evalina just smiled at me like an elderly woman smiles at a young child.
Read MoreOne winter, when my parents still owned their house on the hill, I was driving downhill in the lavender 2002 Corolla my father had bought on my behalf with my savings bonds. I had lost control of the car on the ice and suddenly imagined myself sliding off the road into the trees ahead. For a split second, I was scared...but this fear was different.
Read MoreI wake up and immediately reach for my phone. Will there be a message this morning? I turn it over to find a text from a friend and the latest update from Didi. I place the phone face down, wait a few more minutes, and then reach for it again.
Read MoreWhen we arrived back at the terminal, it became clear that the address was incorrect and the boat would not re-board there. Of course, a hulking cruise ship waits for no one, and the clock was ticking.
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