The Berry Pickers

by Amanda Peters

You’re almost an adult now, and it’s time you started sharing with your mother. She might appreciate it, and it might make you better friends. If it helps, write it down in your journal before you have the conversation.”

Maybe Mother has more strength than you give her credit for. Maybe I’m the weak one.”

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Time quickens the older you get, as if the universe is trying to push you toward the finish line, to make room for the younger, the stronger, to mark your brief place in history and move on.