Lowcountry
The wave from the driveway
Do you miss your parents? My parents always come to the car when I am leaving their house. My dad tries to give me a twenty dollar bill. Sometimes I take it. When I am actually broke, I don’t take it because of my stubbornness. My mom hugs us so well. She gives healing hugs […]
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long weekends
May I always stop the car and take the pictures… I’m lucky. I have always had the ability to stop. To piddle. To look at cows or clouds. To listen to crickets. To wait while my child changed her shirt for the fourth time. To watch them jump into the pool as they scream “watch […]
MoreOur Daddy Saves People
This piece is from a writing class assignment. I wrote it in 2017- looking back on the winter of 2008. Sundays were spent on the Redneck Riviera. Kids yelling over the motor, the dogs would jump in as we left the dock for the sandbar. It could be tricky to get out- low tide for […]
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