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1 " The past can’t touch you unless you let it. "
― Edie Claire , Long Time Coming
2 " Accepting the loss of a loved one is difficult. But reconciling with the living is just as important. "
3 " Knowing a large proportion of your fellow citizens was one thing; but when you recognized each other’s pets by name, you knew you’d never get a Red Lobster. "
4 " Of all the places I didn’t want to live, the past was at the top of the list. "
5 " way, and I could see how her timorousness "
6 " Maybe other people found comfort in memories, but not me. Memories brought pain, "
7 " bag. Of course I had thought about it. I had thought of little else since signing the sales agreement. The closing wouldn’t be for a few "
8 " The young real estate agent in the driver’s seat lifted one perfectly plucked eyebrow in my direction as she steered her Geo smoothly into the street gutter. I could not blame her for avoiding the crumbling driveway, whose variously "
9 " the corner by the old Piggly Wiggly building, I felt the familiar edge "
10 " look. "
11 " what he thought of that. "
12 " planning "
13 " pulled my jacket tighter "
14 " agonizing "
15 " It was as though the dark part of my past had become a physical being, a black beast pounding on the gates of my memory. "
16 " I don’t understand it either, Mom,” I answered, fidgeting. Even though my old bedroom had been completely redone, it held an uncanny power to make me feel like a child again. “But you don’t need to worry about me. I’ll be fine. I promise.” She made a move to rise, and I offered my arm. Getting up and down, I noticed, had recently become an effort for her. “You "
17 " meant action was expected. But it wasn’t too late. All I had to do was tell him "
18 " encrusted "
19 " Guys who grow up with sisters are trained better, "
20 " avoiding the crumbling driveway, whose variously "
