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Hope
Hope has holesin its pockets. It leaves little crumb trails so that we, when anxious,can follow it. Hope’s secret: it doesn’t know the destination- it knows only that all roads begin with one foot in front ofthe other.Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
My Grandmother’s Secret Files
My family was going through my late grandmother’s belongings when we discovered her secret filing cabinet. Unknown to us, she had been printing out our texts and emails to her, saving our childhood art, making newspaper clippings of our marriage … Continue reading
Object of Affection
My cast-iron pans remind me of my grandmother. She used them for all her cooking, and I like to think they were the secret to all her good meals. They were the first thing I bought for my own kitchen … Continue reading
About Her Cancer Diagnosis?
A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The problem: She hasn’t told me. (I overheard her husband talking about it: Her illness was discovered during routine medical tests. She was having a hard time getting pregnant — … Continue reading