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Nearly Mother’s Day
Last Sunday I accused my son and partner of forgetting it was Mother’s day. It wasn’t. I had the day wrong. They said, it’s next week. I said, google it. They did. They were right. Maybe they had thought of … Continue reading
And now to write…
I was planning to spend the morning writing, but instead I am at the nursing home watching my mother. When I rang her all she would say was sick, then hang up. I wasn’t sure that she even knew it … Continue reading