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Things My Grandma Taught Me (opens the original)
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My grandma is facing the end of her life, and she is in a lot of pain. Consequently, so am I, but it is heartache, not tumors. Heartache because I am not there, not one of the people sitting at her bedside, holding her hand, helping her sort through some of her belongings when the pain meds kick in for a few good minutes or hours. Heartache because my grandma was there for me at the most vulnerable moment of my life—when I was three years old and my mom decided that she couldn’t take care of me
Five Days in Ireland (opens the original)
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Chris turned the big 5-0 this year, so we let him take his pick of destinations for our vacation with his brother and family. His immediate response to this opportunity, as we prepared for the heat waves of summer in central Spain, was, “we’re going North.” He considered Iceland (possibly too outdoorsy), Scandinavia (a dream, but too expensive), and Northern Spain (but he wanted to fly). He landed on Ireland. My sister-in-law and I immediately started making plans. My mother-in-law, who has Iris
The Last Word #24 (opens the original)
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It's August and... (opens the original)
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It’s August in Spain and every day feels like Saturday, and when every day feels like Saturday, there’s no Monday, so I never write an issue of The Last Word. So that’s why you haven’t been hearing from me on Mondays(ish). This gif of a kid getting sprayed in the face by a hose is gonna be me one of these days. But also it’s August and I am just not really writing at all. It’s August and we’re still reeling
It's July, and... (opens the original)
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It’s July, and it’s been one of the busiest summers ever, with camps and visitors and World Cup. Important Spain games fell on the first and last night of teen camp, but everyone came anyway, which was a big encouragement. On Friday night (Chris and my 22nd wedding anniversary), when Spain beat Belgium to go to the semifinals, we drove home listening to classic sports radio, in Spanish, and discovered that they have what sounds like 12 jockeys announcing the game: one or two naming the players t
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