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Ryan Elizabeth's avatar

This is so beautiful! I’ve never attempted one of these, but now I want to!

Camilla's avatar

I love this!! I also had to write one of these last year and it was so hard and so meaningful. Beautiful!

Kelly Hellmuth's avatar

Well thank you friend!!

Roshni Robert's avatar

I love this so much!! The mouthfeel of “unsweet tea and dill pickles” is a genius contrast to the other sweet images of remembering. ❤️

Kelly Hellmuth's avatar

Well here you are in this world now. I guess they had to collide at some point! 💙💙

Eliana Wickland's avatar

I like this a lot!!

The very long hyphenated bit about visible worship posture and grandma made me laugh out loud with the image and the unexpected length of it!

Aaaaaand ending on the clawed finger right before breakfast was maybe not what I had in mind for my morning…😆

Jen Rose Yokel's avatar

A Where I'm From poem! I attempted to write one of these a long time ago, but I don't remember if I finished it. They're so fun! I love yours. (I also am genuinely curious how drunk one needs to be to run over their own finger with a lawnmower 😬😅)

Kelly Hellmuth's avatar

If I knew, I’d tell you. All I remember is how much his index finger claw creeped me out.

Jen Rose Yokel's avatar

Alas, we don't get to pick our core memories haha.