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MY ONLY EARRINGS
“She strung them together for me—clip-ons, because my ears weren’t pierced. I hardly wore them, afraid they wouldn’t hold.”
Mar 6
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Kasia Nikhamina
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February 2025
MY FATHER'S JAR OF CLOVES
“He loved cloves and bought them in bulk for the line of spices he packaged and sold in his stores.”
Feb 28
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THE MARKET BASKET RECEIPT
“It’s likely from one of the last times she ever drove herself to the store.”
Feb 14
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THE PIN
“...one Christmas he gave me a very special artifact—a pin he’d made for me: a tiny bronze showcase holding ash from Ground Zero.”
Feb 6
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January 2025
THE PASTRY CUTTERS
“...she was rightly proud of her baking and made everything from scratch….”
Jan 30
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DAD'S ICE-CREAM BOWL
“For him, the bowl had held the taste of freedom.”
Jan 16
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Linda's Reflections
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DAD'S SAXOPHONE STRAP
“The thing that really transported him was music. And he was an excellent musician himself.”
Jan 9
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MOM'S CHANEL NO. 5
“She enjoyed knowing she wore the same scent as some of the most glamorous women in the world—a wink and nod to the complexities she contained.”
Jan 3
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December 2024
THE SANTA TIE
"Christmas is when I feel closest to his memory. It’s a showman’s holiday, after all...."
Dec 24, 2024
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THE BOOMERANG
“He must have admired its craftsmanship. Though he was in medical school, he loved working with his hands….”
Dec 19, 2024
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THE CHRISTMAS PRINT
“Maybe it reminded her of our house in a tiny upstate New York town…the place where my family was the happiest we’d ever be.”
Dec 5, 2024
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November 2024
BEAR
"Thirty-five years earlier, my mother had sat down, drawn this shape, cut the fabric, sewn the seams...."
Nov 28, 2024
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