“Let me have this, hon.”
We both knew she might not see it.
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“When you wear this,” Mom said, “promise me you won’t stand in a corner.”
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“Mom, I don’t even dance.”
“Then learn.”
My laugh broke in the middle.
She touched my cheek. “I didn’t sew this for you to disappear. Promise me you won’t disappear.”
Eight days later, she was gone.
We both knew she might not see it.
After the funeral, our house felt too quiet to live in. Dad barely spoke. Mom’s blue mug stayed on the second shelf, and I touched the handle every time I passed.
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Then Dad married Shirley.
Shirley had been Mom’s best friend, which people said like it made the whole thing kinder.
It didn’t.
Then Dad married Shirley.
By Monday, Mom’s mug was gone.
I stood in the kitchen, staring at the empty shelf.
“Where’s Mom’s blue mug?” I asked.
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Shirley kept rinsing strawberries. “It was chipped, so I threw it out.”
“It wasn’t chipped.”
“Where’s Mom’s blue mug?”
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