Mothered
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everyone lied, even if they started out telling the truth.
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The world wasn’t supposed to grind to a halt six weeks after she’d signed the mortgage.
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The original “two-week” lockdown hadn’t been so bad: she’d been able to pack and move without taking time off from work.
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Grace hadn’t understood the precise nature of Robert’s illness, she didn’t exactly understand her mother’s.
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Not the virus was the only explanation she ever got.
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But was Grace a Good Daughter?
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the pandemic had created a sediment of stress that clung to everyone in different ways.