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Father, when I have a choice to honor and obey or take any other path, let my choice always be You. Let my ambition be to delight You. Keep challenging me to choose You, but also keep ordering my s…| Memos from the Middle
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For days, I walked around with that old monster. He clung uncomfortably close, making me remember the weakness, remember the strain. My mind raced, trying to figure out why he was back. What had I …| Memos from the Middle
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“You kept me on read, Mom.” “What?” I was trying to make sense of my daughter’s obvious frustration with me. “What did I do?” “You kept me on read.&#…| Memos from the Middle
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“Your father wants to talk to you,” my grandmother said, handing me the telephone. I knew that this was no mere check-in or “I miss you” call. There would be none of the jok…| Memos from the Middle
I picture it happening like this: “He’s not getting any better,” Mary whispered as Martha’s hands continued to knead the dough. “Grab that pan for me,” Martha re…| Memos from the Middle
The photo albums from my teenaged years are fat with smiling faces of skinny brown girls. I remember the timidity of forced poses for mothers and aunties who wanted to capture the youthful nonchala…| Memos from the Middle
“Was I a weird kid?” My mom giggled a little before she responded. “No. You were just a bookworm and quiet.” I’d remembered that about me, too, and how uneasy it made …| Memos from the Middle
I was tired of thinking about my breasts. I’d searched internet photos of mammograms and googled terms like “indeterminate hypoechoic mass,” hoping somehow that my reading skills …| Memos from the Middle