Rachel Harris

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“The Motion of Forgetting” by Rachel Harris

Submitted to Contest #43

Our assembly was always one of laughter and togetherness. We are the type of family that faced every challenge together. When my father died, that day, everything went silent. The laughter stopped, my sister withdrew, I became the matriarch. As my mother moved in with me, I could feel her confusion but I couldn't always see it. Trauma has a way of igniting more problems and chaos.I didn't cry when my husband left, it was a relief, though sad to say. Sometimes, emotional abuse makes you numb, in my case, it allowed me to push forward with all...

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Stop. Think. Record. Pass Along. Move Forward. Simply simple, kindly kind. Hard to forget, easy to unwind.