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Something that Begins with "T."
By Kay Cleaver Strahan.
Cu \I'TM ·r wo.
" .\ promi-.P," h.ud .:d) of 111y fatui!) to rn,. thi~
tnorntng, :c-. if to clmch and end an .trgunu nt
·drc•ady gro\\ n too long-, " i<> a prvmise.,
• " f hope, " I rep r· tl'u,
·• c·ro.,~ly, "that )OU ar" llvl
gwng to be the sort of p<'r.,on .whtJ goP.., a biJUt
, nlltng a spade a :.pade :Jnd prcr·nmg and thinkin''
' o ll h:tV(' satd 'lOilll thtng.
Any unimaginativ(! r ( r!>O~
could <.all a <>pade a spat!• ; tt tak4"~ a nali.,t or c.tn
1111 , 1 gi-.t, or <.omeonr of th.lt !.Ort tr1 tall a spad•·
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a o:drc:ttd, thi~ mornin~.
to mr.• t thh d.ty; less afr~titl, p<•rhap-., Lccnu e l W01:.
young' r, and btocause 1 '"''~ 10\•eJ, and b('t:au P 1
Wets much 1~:-.~ w1 e.
I rr mr-mter th~,t morning vividly. l h.:.~d O\"( r-
"" pt and 1 cotdd hear my !>;~tcr-in-law-1 \\ ,,,
h\ ing with m:u rir d brollwr and her thcn - ... Jarmninti
:tlxJut with unneu• '>M) nol'>c in tlw dinmg -ruom.
( •U ltily <~nd ..,om \\hut < rossly, too, I JUlllJWd i~ not overl) f.1t, -.IJ,.
alwa~, conv~.:) . . the impre ... ion of tightn<'ss.
" \\ hy du.ln 't ~ ou wak.- m~e," l ~aid, " to hdp' "
" \ ou nught .1s \\l 11 -,J,·t>p," :.hi! sighld, " "l11lr•
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J \\.,h tu hi' rn;m i•·d in t\\0 months. :\h ~i:-.t•·r-
in-b\\ a1wa: !> :-,i gh~ \\hLn ,he n fer.:i to nwrt wg(•
:\ow l heliev,· l und<'rstand tho-.,. -.1gh~ lx!w r .
J hc·n the: made me indignant.
\Vhen ..,h,_ had finished h~'r ~igh she told nu· th :1t
-.he had k"'pt my breakfa~t hot and l thrtnkc'xcrpt my resentnwnt. 1 \\ ~~s not
n •,t>ntful brcau,e of th~> 11abb} (rit.d ~gg 111 the• cnld
lw.t tr•r and I \La-.n 't tt·-.entful bf't;:lll'>t of the• p<1t
of role- nnd tri• ·d t~'
" Oh, a ll right."
drink it. 1 fund (d I had .1 hP)·, found h i' luve for m~>: t~nd snug-gltd .ag-ain ... t
c.top all r ighting e\erythmg."
it ltkt 1 pi ll0\1; < u ... hion. I 'd tPll h im, '' hl'n I '•1\\
" Oh, all-" beg.m c.tll of 111) family. •· (..; to-
hmt, .t.><)ut how \'t)ld thP cotlf'c and I h a cl ht•• n
d:t)," lw bf'gan ovf'r ag-ain " one of ) our \\ ant-tl•-
thi ... tn•>IJHn•r an~! uhout how I'd hnd' no hn .tkl.t-.t
lc .Id-a-life-of-crime da\..;? "
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nH .1•1d , all me •· httlt• girl."
" \nd-" he prompt<'d, worrit dh.
l ,hi\ .~rt>d b td... into lll\" bt:droom and bt>gan lt)
"And be a fiend in hwH.tn form," I fini .. hrd with
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sidc mt• · and t lwre i-. all of JU\' fnnuh
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out -.tu-.hing around in thi-. g-o0d \\';lrm r;un, .nh
I fini ... h•'d buttoning m' <.hor" and thtn I \\ Pnt
all bec,tu-.<' of a propl'l h<'g-inning-. ll<'re go~'':-
into t;f' littlr lwll wh<'rt' th• tr>1 phon~ \\ .1.... Ct•ntr.tl
wa . . a ton~ tttnl' gt tting- tlw numhPr for Ill~' nn~l a ...
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1 <;at ,tnri \\. itcd I had a ff'"' pll:t'-ur:\h1e thnlb:
<:;f'\ <·n vears ago and it might haH' brrn "('\ " 11
it w .~-. good, ah\a'"• to hf':tr 11 l.l\ ': \'C'Itf', -.tron.!:!
}f',lr" ago to-dav, l;f'Cauc;€' tlw da,.., ,~, 1111 to hf' 1o\'l d.
\ t t. .... t a woman '.., voit'<', WNlk :tntl
'llf>po ...... , and strctch<'d, and wn" not a btt morP nft.t~d
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