Sometimes You Have to Sit Down to Stand Up for Yourself

A lesson from Mom

Chris Raymond
The Memoirist
Published in
3 min readMar 28, 2022

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photo of home plate with an X on top
Photo by Mark Duffel on Unsplash

Note: My mother passed away March 26, 2001. This is a memoir-as-letter to her.

I never told you about the sit-in I staged at the baseball diamond. But I was following in your footsteps. Or, more accurately, foot stops.

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Chris Raymond
The Memoirist

Artist, designer, friend, snark lover, former jock. Cynical takes on senior life. **View my lists for stories by category. ** Art @ chrisaraymond.net