Miranda Carter

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“My Mother's Sky” by Miranda Carter

🏆 Winner of Contest #47

You sip on hot lemon and honey. The steam rolls out of the cup like a vertical carpet. It covers your nose and fogs your view of the peeling rosebud wallpaper over the sink. There are grocery store flowers on the scrubbed, scratched table, and a curling piece of paper with your mother's words scrawled across it in black pen, all caps. Her instructions, which include drinking this mugful, feeding the dog, and bringing in the mail are written in English. Anything that has to do with loving you is in Spanish. Mi cielo, she calls you. My sky. ...

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Miranda R. Carter is a twenty-six-year-old writer, teacher, and creative. She has an M.A. in Communication and Leadership from Gonzaga University and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Idaho. Originally from "Heart of the Arts" Moscow, Idaho, she currently endures Montana winters to teach and administrate at Yellowstone Christian College.

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