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Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day. Always a challenge because it’s not straight ahead. Yes I am my kid’s adoptive mother; they’ve been with us since they were…

7 min readApr 11, 2024

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An arrangement of yellow Gerbera daisy and pale pink roses in a vase.

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Cantone’s

It was 1978 and after midnight. I was wearing platform shoes, tight jeans, my grandmother’s vintage mink stole, and I was by myself in the…

4 min readSep 22, 2023

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I Still Miss Those Girls

And in the Beginning: The Girls

8 min readMay 19, 2022

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Face Forward: My Skin Cancer

Cancer lies in wait. It lurks with its little finger creating shadows over our lives, many of us will deal with it, some of will succumb…

7 min readOct 20, 2021

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When I’m Gone

Listen for a whisper

1 min readAug 21, 2021

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I Thrifted Before You Did

Once I was Kind of Cool Too

5 min readJun 13, 2024

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I Thrifted Before You Did

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My Death Cleaning Can Wait

Death, Cleaning, and the Alexander McQueen Skull Ring

5 min readMay 17, 2024

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Cleaning her father’s house after his death prompts the author to contemplate her own mortality and the importance of living in the present.

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Home Sick

I am a grown ass woman and am pulling myself into a little ball under the blankets, shivering. I can feel my cheeks are hot and my head is…

6 min readApr 25, 2024

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The Cruel Edit

My brother and I join together for a grueling week to empty our parents’ home.

5 min readApr 25, 2024

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Yoga Pants

Yoga pants. I know for some this may conjure up the idea of tightly rounded butts and camel toes, messy buns, hot moms and downward dogs…

7 min readMar 7, 2024

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Margaret Kramer

Margaret Kramer

Writer, social worker, mom, caregiver, feminist and more. Bicoastal, grateful for family and friends, member of the Inner Peace Corps, thrift store junkie

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