The Wristband
The woman lying in room 418 at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola had my name on the plastic band around her wrist, my insurance number in the chart at the foot …
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The Wedding Invitation
The chapel on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe was lit with a hundred white candles on the sixth of December, and I stood at the back of it in …
The Wedding Invitation Read MoreThe Uber Driver
The old house on Birch Street in Flagstaff had a porch that had sagged for thirty years, and on the cold clear night I came back to it with my …
The Uber Driver Read MoreThe Post Office Box
Box 1147 at the Brookside branch of the post office in Tulsa was in the third row, near the floor, and when I turned the little brass key from the …
The Post Office Box Read MoreThe Red Light
The young man who had rear ended my car at the red light on Kellogg Avenue in Wichita sat across from me at my own kitchen table on Thursday afternoon, …
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The old man on the porch of the mountain cabin outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, was my husband. I am Joan Parrish, seventy eight years old, of Lubbock, and I stood …
The Christmas Card Read MoreThe Library Book
The key taped inside the cover of the library book fit a safe deposit box at the Bayou La Batre branch of the Gulf Coast Savings Bank, and I knew …
The Library Book Read MoreThe Cashier Check
The tall old man with the cane was waiting on the front steps of the First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro when I came out after the Sunday service, and I …
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The ring in the glass case of Salcido Pawn and Jewelry on Alameda Avenue in El Paso was my ring, and I did not need the owner to hand it …
The Pawn Shop Ring Read MoreThe Blackout Card
The woman at the front table of the parish hall of St. Michael in Pittsburgh was holding my check for five thousand dollars, wearing my reading glasses, and carrying my …
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