So faded, you can barely read it: Teddy – 3 yrs. Moving up the door frame, a child grows: etchings in the wood mark inches gained, frozen moments captured along the chipped paint.
“Movers are here, Mom.” Familiar voice, grown so low. You touch the topmost tally, leaving one last fingerprint.
K. L. Mill is also a voice actor, another profession that revolves around words. Most recently her work has been published by Black Hare Press, Hungry Shadow Press, and Atomic Carnival.
This ached my heart. Poignant.
Thank you!
Oh my gosh, this is lovely.
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Beautiful.
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Such a challenge to leave the familiar, where memories were made. Who knows, maybe the next ones will be even sweeter.
So true…