newspapers
and magazines. Every single item in this envelope has passed from our hands to hers. These are all things that we gave her. Suddenly, I feel very emotional
4“ DO NOT THROW AWAY
ns My kid-my clutter bug-knows me too well. As I read through the cards and notes, I
think maybe the truck wasnt such a bad idea, after all. Maybe it helps her to feel less
small in a big world
76 I reverse myself and bring back the garbage bags from the car and the curb Clothes
and shoes go back into the closet. I remake the bed and pile it with stuffed animals. My
husband comes home and calls up the stairs
17 Just straightening up, "I tell him. "Can you find some boxes for her stuff?"
bo
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19 "She left a mess, "he says
ui don't mind, "I repl
21 Then he says softly, "Shes not coming back. "I feel my throat tighten at the sadness
22 My little baby, my dependent child, isnt coming back. But someday my daughter.
independent woman, will return home. Tokens of her childhood will await her. So w
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we, with open arms
