CHAPTER FOUR: ARTIFACTS AS STORY
“because my
son is a grown
man now”
My youngest and always thoughtful son gave this to
me on Mother’s Day long ago. I think of him every
time I look at it. The other day when I was dusting it
I noticed that the statue was casting a shadow. The
way I had placed it on my shelf made the light cast a
shadow of just the mother figure. I thought that this
was the case because my son is a grown man now.
Although I’ll always be his Mom, it’s now that time
in our lives that both of us to stand on our own.
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