Catherine Erwin

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“REMNANTS OF MEMORIES” by Catherine Erwin

Submitted to Contest #190

What’s that in the corner? Dusty and scarred, the chest fit right in with the rest of this horrible, messy, and disgusting job. As I looked around the dingy basement and still saw piles and piles of yellowed papers, rusted tools, plastic bins, never opened bargain store knickknacks, broken pottery, and rodent droppings, this was a welcome distraction. My sister Connie and I had moved my Mom out of this old house as it was a physical challenge for her to remain. Hoarding tendencies and years of dog hair buildup were now...

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Former writer/editor of Service Manuals and Children's Literature. Those two things go together like, well..like they don't! As a Wife, Mom of 3, Grandmother to 10 (last count), and Now and Again Writer, life rarely turns out how you planned. We all use the same vowels and consonants, all in a much different configuration