Deana Payne

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“Crying in the Supermarket” by Deana Payne

Submitted to Contest #162

 In the days and weeks leading up to taking my fifteen-year-old son to boarding school, I found myself becoming overly sentimental at times. I liken those moments to the feeling one gets when hugging a family member or close friend goodbye. One whom you don’t know when you will see again. The embrace is loving and warm but also bittersweet because no matter how hard or how long either of you holds on, you know that it is going to end and you both will go your separate ways. The irony is not lost on me that I was glimpsing the future in ...

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I am the Program Director at a transitional domestic violence shelter in Los Angeles. A former blogger, marathon runner and mom to two great humans.