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Exquisite Grief

LisaPullenKent — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:06:54 +0000

I knew she'd stay close, that we would feel her; I didn't know she would come to me when I was exhausted and spent, in the dream-like trance of half-sleep, and spread comfort like warmth through my chest, or when I was quiet and contemplative, in a cool breeze, gently caressing my face and answering my question, "Is that you, Mom?" Continue reading →

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In Her Image

LisaPullenKent — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 02:00:43 +0000

Sometimes I feel like a motherless childSometimes I feel like a motherless childSometimes I feel like a motherless childA long way from home African-American Spiritual I’m going to lose my mother. It’s an inevitability I never used to think about. … Continue reading →

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The Long Haul

LisaPullenKent — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:34:18 +0000

I’m washing up in a restroom at the Oklahoma City airport and for a moment I can’t place my location: hospital? hotel? restaurant? Elegant water faucets and gleaming granite countertops add to my sense of disorientation. I don’t even recognize … Continue reading →

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Making Tear Soup

LisaPullenKent — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:34:08 +0000

“Are you going to Colorado tomorrow, Mom?” Sydney stands in front of the refrigerator and asks the question for the third time this morning. “No, honey. Two weeks, remember? In two weeks.” I gently nudge her out of the way … Continue reading →

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Extinguish and Evolve

LisaPullenKent — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:52:47 +0000

“Mom, do you have a pencil and paper I can have?” my daughter, Haley asked as we watched the ring-tailed lemurs leap from tree to tree at the San Francisco Zoo. “I need to write something down.” Our vacation this … Continue reading →

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Joyride

LisaPullenKent — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:07:58 +0000

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. Any fool can do it; there ain’t nothing to it. Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill. But since we’re on our way down, We might … Continue reading →

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