Something happened tonight that I was totally unprepared for. Before I describe it, I'll back up and say that lately, Josephine has been asking a lot of questions about death. In particular, she wants to know, "Did my grandpa die?" My answer is always the truth: Yes, sweetie. He died. Each time the question comes, … Continue reading Inheritance
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Outsourcing Memory
In the last week or so, my mom has reconnected with several of her (and my father's) old friends on Facebook. I remember these two families well from my childhood in Kentucky. We lived in a neighborhood--a treeless new development of modest homes that belonged to transient families who had come to Lexington for jobs … Continue reading Outsourcing Memory
