Our Buttercream Friend
I was working in my office last week when I heard the crash. I lowered my head and waited for the report as I heard footsteps dash across the floor. “Mom!” Saoirse burst into the room. “The electricians dropped something big, and….I’m so sorry, Mom!” She paused, a few tears of sympathy in the […]
Cave Men, Tomatoes, Ground Beef and…Love
It’s three in the morning. I’m standing in my kitchen, staring down 70 pounds of tomatoes and 35 pounds of onions, all awaiting their destiny in a year’s supply of tomato sauce. Lined up next to the basement stairs are 40 pounds of green beans, already chopped and neatly canned in quart jars. August doesn’t […]
Boundaries
“Mom, there’s something I have to tell you,” Ula’s eyes were wide with distress as she kneeled at her kitchen chair. I had made her shredded zucchini with a marinara meat sauce, one of her favorite August meals. She wasn’t touching it. That worried me. “What is it sweetie?” I reached over and […]
The Retention Bonus
“Say, the price for your brisket isn’t bad,” the man said as he glanced over the list at our farmers’ market stall, “when you consider how much you get paid for your steaks!” I tried not to let it get to me. In spite of the barb, it had been a decent market day, and […]
Normal: A Drama
NORMAL: ACT I, SCENE I: I don’t play the part of “normal mom” very well, nor do I play it very often. Saoirse and Ula have been trained to sleep in, to afford me as many quiet pre-dawn silent work hours as possible. If they step into my office before 7:30 in […]
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