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Absurdity

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Toby wakes up and cries because he doesn’t feel like going pee pee in the potty right now he just wants to watch his train video in his pajamas and drink chocolate milk. Or maybe he wants to see what things he can hold in the mouth of the toy plastic pliers that he is [...]

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Concentration

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Sometimes I just want to have a moment to myself to think. A moment where Alec Baldwin is not reading the narrative to Thomas and Friends on t.v. in competition with the dog’s incessant barking at the patio door. A moment where baby Charlie is not crawling around my lap like a confused gerbil, slinging [...]

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The Hiding Place

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When I was little I would crawl into my mom’s arms and press my face to her chest to feel the safety of her heartbeat. My legs would dangle over her lap as she chatted with a friend on the phone or sat at the kitchen table recounting the day to my dad over a [...]

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An Unmemorable Day to Remember

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The crock pot is still out on the counter from last night’s roast, rinsed but not scrubbed. The kitchen rag has fallen into the sink and collected bits of uneaten food from our dirty plates. The dog is on the back porch barking to be let in the house. Folded clothes wait to be put [...]

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