The Moving Pen | Mother

Mother

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Life is short.  According to palmistry, a lack of lifeline meant a short life. “Mary, your lifeline is so faint that I …

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“Have you got everything”? she asks. “A huh,” the small child nods, his pudgy arms gripping hard at the backpack hugged to …

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The blue sky was striking.  The fluffy white clouds resembled little bunnies waiting around for their mother.  Tom was nine.  He stopped …

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SCHOOL The funeral for her mother over the weekend gave Matilda a chance to see her cousin Susan again.  They grew up …

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