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I think about my mother singing after lunch on a Summer afternoon, twirling in blue dress across the floor of her dressing room

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I sit quietly and think about my mom. It's funny how memory erodes, If all I had to work from were my childhood memories, my knowledge of my mother wo...more

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Even her name seemed empty, as though it had detached itself from her and was floating untethered in his mind. How am I supposed to live without you? ...more

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You're my phantom limb, Mouse. I keep looking for you. I forget. I feel stupid, Mouse. Haunt me, find me, come back from wherever you are. Be with me.

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You can still be cool when you’re dead. In fact, it’s much easier, because you aren’t getting old and fat and losing your hair.

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one of the best and the most painful things about time traveling has been the opportunity to see my mother alive.

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After my mom died she ate my father up completely. She would have hated it. Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every ...more