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And then I wondered, did I just lose all credit for driving?

Looking back, I see the power of the past

I’ve been teaching for years, but just two days in, I’ve given up

No one was there, aside from me, and it was just voices on the other side of the curtain, cocooning me in a vision only I could see and feel

“Oh, Dina! How are you?” He sounds like he knows who I am I hold the foil-covered chocolate in my palm and answer the phone. “Hello?” “Hi, this is Sam Jacobowitz. I missed a call from this number earlier.” “Hi, Grandpa! It’s Dina.” I put down the softened chocolate. “Who?” “Yaffa’s daughter, Dina, the one

 Never a flatterer, Mom always told the truth. And so would I