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  February 2024     9 months ago

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Grandmother

Grandmother

Grandmother smelled
…of fertile black soil and salted pork;
harvested collard greens from her garden
rich in Oklahoma mountain minerals
sautéed in pork fat from the neighbor’s slaughtered pig
traded for a mason pint jar of...

– by Debra Cartwright

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To be seen and remembered, if only for a short lifetime is the greatest gift we give to those we remember. It is the greatest gift to receive whether known or not by the one remembered. It is in seeing another that we see ourselves and it is in being seen that we know our life has mattered in some small way. Bravo! 

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