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Sunday, February 05, 2006

16/365 Dominick

Long before Gillian died, Dom at school told me how she dropped a cookie from her lunch box and wept, not because she wanted it, but because I had packed it with care. Even then, his eyes were slightly damp.

6 Comments:

Blogger GreenishLady said...

and my eyes too. I keep coming back to this. Oh, Susan.

2/05/2006 12:17:00 PM  
Blogger Jona said...

This one is so tender.

2/05/2006 03:30:00 PM  
Blogger Sabine said...

And my eyes, too.

2/05/2006 04:37:00 PM  
Blogger ntexas99 said...

I had to come back to it a few times to allow the words to sink in, and even now, I'm awed with the simplicity, and touched by the tenderness in your words.

2/07/2006 12:10:00 AM  
Blogger MarkD60 said...

I can so totally relate to this!

2/07/2006 08:47:00 AM  
Blogger Susan said...

Thank you. All of you.

2/07/2006 05:27:00 PM  

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