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A mother's body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it's own entreaties to body and...more

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But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.

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It lasted just a moment, whatever that is. One held breath? An ant's afternoon? It was brief, I can promise that much, for although it's been many yea...more