My fingers were softer now when they caressed those engraved letters. I’d heard more from my grandmother about her treasured older sister Debra, and I understood more about family ties,Lifetakes: A Dish Full of Thanks,My fingers were softer now when they caressed those engraved letters. I’d heard more from my grandmother about her treasured older sister Debra, and I understood more about family ties
Somewhere in the restless cycle of this world, somewhere there’s a memory of that fire enduring for eight golden nights,Lifetakes: The Ninth Candle,Somewhere in the restless cycle of this world, somewhere there’s a memory of that fire enduring for eight golden nights
I hear the rest of her sentence, unsaid words like knives of ice. A few minutes later, and it would’ve been over,Lifetakes: Close Calls,I hear the rest of her sentence, unsaid words like knives of ice. A few minutes later, and it would’ve been over
We sat back and watched Leah’s strong hands rip open and slice the fish as she had been doing for more than 50 years
The whole world was spinning, I saw myself turning in a kaleidoscope of hats, gloves, and spraying snow. And then it went quiet.
She is in the park, sitting on a bench and feeding the pigeons that encircle her. She’s totally immersed in the task at hand and does not notice me.
