We were quite a pair on that final adventure. Me, seven months pregnant with your grandchild. You, nineteen months pregnant with cancer.
Afterwards, you sauteed our meager bounty in butter and garlic and served all of them to me. And one last time, because you insisted, I cleaned my plate.
Jenny Mattern is a poet, a crafter of stories, and a cake-for-breakfast enthusiast who lives in Montana with her husband and children. She has had poems published in The Poetry Pea Anthology, Cold Moon Journal, The Dirigible Balloon, and The Solitary Daisy. She also writes middle-grade novels and is represented by Nicole Eisenbraun at Ginger Clark Literary Agency.
wonderful and evocative
Thank you so much!
Well done, Jenny. Brava!
I appreciate that, Paul. Thank you.
Poignant. Well done.
Thank you!
Sweet and sensitive Nicely written, too.
Thanks so much!
Beautiful work.
Thank you, Adele!
I can relate to that.
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A full sensory experience of emotion. Nicely done.
Thank you, Lorraine!
Perfection. Great work!
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Well crafted. Not sentimental. Enjoyed the story.
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