Sense-soaked Memories and Regrets

I remember so many of the sensations of those months:  The sticky summer evenings.  The dry, browning grass.  I remember the loneliness of it all–Husband was gone on the boat, and I was tackling the most difficult thing in my life. 
I remember evenings spent sitting with Mom in the living room–Me rocking my baby girl [...]

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Gone

I woke up from a short, but fitful sleep to nurse my 4 month old daughter.  I’d just latched her off when I heard a knock on my bedroom door.
It was my Dad.  “She’s gone, Val.”
I slipped back to their room to see that he was right.  The empty, tortured look in her eyes was [...]

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