Denise, 2005 My daughter looks at me, then quickly away. What she has seen is too alarming. I am not who she thought I was. Immutable Mom, the hush-er, jailer, ”No you can’t,” oppressor of youthful inclinations, is fading from view. What she is seeing in those sideways glances is a person not unlike herself: […]
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Out of the fog of grief, an introduction
Maria, November 2019 I am Maria, freshly grieving older daughter of Denise, who passed away in November, 2019. Denise was a native New Yorker and while she raised her two daughters in Maryland, she spoke of Coney Island, the subway, the Macy’s parade, and black and white cookies with such nostalgia that I couldn’t help […]