She protected me on the playground. Fifty years later, she voted against my marriage. No one pushes me down anymore.
You wrote this as it feels — not dramatic, just gone. The way grief and politics and family can tangle together in someone you love, until the only place left where you're still on the same side is in a memory. Really good.
Thank you! 💙
You wrote this as it feels — not dramatic, just gone. The way grief and politics and family can tangle together in someone you love, until the only place left where you're still on the same side is in a memory. Really good.
Thank you! 💙