holiday

  • The car door slams. A headache sizzles at my temples. One hand drums angrily on the steering wheels. One child is whining while the other’s long thin legs pound the passenger seat’s back. I’m forgetting something, something important. Loading the trunk I unpack my brain. Traveling with children is like decamping a circus, I think

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  • Pass the Gravy

    The clinking of silver rimmed fine china, the scrape of forks, the family dined. “Pass the turkey. No, I want dark meat.” “You took the biscuit I was going to eat.” “Today’s writing prompt is 10 things you are grateful for and then you write about one of those things,” Kim said. The sounds of

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