The Forgotten Woman in the Gold, Oval Frame
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The Forgotten Woman in the Gold, Oval Frame

The woman stood in a gold, oval frame. The frame hung above the small desk in my grandparents’ bedroom for at least since I was born. This was the desk where my grandmother, Nonny, wrote notes and cards and checks. The desk where she kept things like pens and stationary and correspondence and a few important documents.

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Logging of the Family Tree
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Logging of the Family Tree

In a way, this crabapple tree is a lot like Shel Silverstein’s Giving Tree. The one difference being that we didn’t abuse it and take it for granted the way the little boy did in that story. The prick.

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