Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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My Mama
For my mama on her 67th Birthday My Mama taught me When I was 5 weeks old, my father was killed in a car accident, my mama [...]
A Laundry Tale
Gina's graduate student stipend was not really enough to live on. Certainly not well.
Lunch box
Meals were a challenge when I was a resident on hospital rotations. There were no official breaks, no lunch, dinner, or [...]
All is Fair
And yet, somehow, I have experienced cotton candy, apple fritters, kettle corn, corn dogs, Indian tacos and bannock, and have [...]
A Cautionary Tale
I didn’t know Maria well. She was a senior and I, a freshman, in the autumn of 1970. She was thin with a puff of blonde [...]
Estee Lauder
Grammy Brown taught me how to file my fingernails with an emery board. She made peach pie. She always smelled just a tiny bit [...]
Lyin’ Eyes
The first time I lied about my age, I was five years old. It was my parents’ idea. Our family was visiting the United [...]
We Could Use Some Middle Children These Days
As we mark Middle Child Day, I think we are missing folks who embody the stereotypical qualities of middle children.
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