the best thing I ever found | the best thing I ever found
Feb.11.2011
I have a list in the kitchen, one of many really, but only one has title. “The Lost” is a growing tally of the things I have recently lost. These are not the little things like packs of gum, mittens and the occasional checkbook. These are the biggies, the mysteries I truly mourn, like my...
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Feb.11.2011
Most days when I sit by my computer, I can imagine that we're wealthy. I look out the window, the one just behind my computer monitor, and watch the deer stripping leaves off the spare branches poking out of the snow. We live in a 100-year-old rented carriage house on a 20-acre estate. The owners,...
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Feb.09.2011
The best thing I ever found was me.
My husband of thirty four years passed away from cancer two years ago. I lost my best friend, the father of my children, my sounding board and my main reason for laughter. He left me in a hole to crawl out of. Our marriage was compartmentilized by our...
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