The Postal Pin
The thing in the hand of Emma was a small gold pin, shaped like a mail carrier eagle, with a tiny diamond set in its eye and the number 40 …
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The Silver Dollar
The thing in the palm of Marcus was a silver dollar. It was heavy and dull with age, with a faint blue shadow along its rim, and the date on …
The Silver Dollar Read MoreThe Silver Whistle
The thing in the hand of Hannah was a tiny silver whistle, shaped like a songbird with its beak open, hanging from a short length of green cord. It was …
The Silver Whistle Read MoreThe Bowling Bag
I unzipped the old bowling ball bag slowly, so that Linda could see every move. It was the wrong shape for a ball, long and flat, and heavy on one …
The Bowling Bag Read MoreThe Blue Cookie Tin
I pried the lid off the blue cookie tin with my thumbnail and tipped it toward my daughter. There were no butter cookies inside. There never had been, not since …
The Blue Cookie Tin Read MoreThe Toolbox of Jim
I lifted the heavy wooden toolbox onto the dining table and laid my hand flat on the lid. It was oak, built by Jim in 1976, with brass corners and …
The Toolbox of Jim Read MoreThe White Envelope
Mateo came forward slowly across the kitchen floor, turning his hat in his hands, and stopped beside my chair. The long white envelope lay on the table where I had …
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I lifted the lid of the small wooden box. It was walnut, scratched and worn, with the initials G. M. cut into the top in a shaky hand that I …
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I took a small key from my pocket and fitted it into the new padlock on the old tackle box of my father. It was a cheap brass lock that …
The Padlocked Box Read MoreThe Pink Envelope
I drew the pink envelope out of the heavy green motel register and held it up so that the whole table could see the name on the front. It was …
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