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When Memories Burn

I always knew it would happen. That one day I would pop on Facebook and see one of those posts at the top of my news feed. The ones where Facebook shares with you some of your prior posts on that day, year's past. And it would burn. "Becky, we care about you and the…

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Making Mommy’s Memories Into Bedtime Stories

A few days after Valentines Day, I told Ava about my childhood valentine. I imagine every girl must remember her first – that moment when the holiday evolved from the pleasure of eating stale, molar-cracking SweetTarts to something closer to love.

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A Book of Memories

My little ones are always entertained when we go to grandma and grandpa’s house where they get to flip through fun pictures and memorabilia from my childhood.

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A Treasure Box of Memories and Chicken Bones

Whenever I come home to visit my parents, Mom wants me to help her unload the stuff shes managed to collect in the 37 years theyve lived in their house–stuff that she may need one day. Last Christmas, we tackled her five closets of clothes. It was a cacophony of timeless pieces that Mom couldnt part with; most items Mom would defend by saying, But I never even wore it! That doesn …