Free Haircuts in Honour of June
My mother kept a lock of my hair from the first time I had my haircut as a baby. I remember seeing an envelope with a lock of hair inside as well as a card from a hospital nursery.
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Unwanted Mail for the Deceased
Imagine a family member dies, let’s call her Aunt Jo. Aunt Jo lived with you in the same household. A week after she died, four pieces of mail arrive for her in your mailbox.
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Motherless Mother’s Day
Kate Spencer’s mom died of cancer. She was 27 then. To help her navigate through her grief, she wrote The Dead Moms Club. Here’s a blurb from Amazon: In The Dead Moms C
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John Cage’s Four thirty-three
I enjoy my phone conversations with my stepdaughter. Let’s just call her Anna.* She’s a musician in her early 20s and lives in another part of Canada. Anna is one
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Hello there, fellow mortal!
I’m Iris. A perfectly imperfect human. I’m pleased to meet you! Among other things, I’m a mother, a cohouser and an impresario of events that invite people to tal
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