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Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

We have ladies at our church who make blankets and shawls. I dream of having the time- and skill-- to join them. It's such a beautiful gift to be able to stitch prayers into something to keep another person warm.

To write your father back.... I love the delicate ambiguity of the phrase, it captures that yearning so well.

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

It was such a beautiful shawl. You could just feel the love that went into it. Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment.

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Peter Mladinic's avatar

This is a beautiful prose poem, LeeAnn!

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thanks, Peter!

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Petra Hernandez's avatar

"I want to write my father back." I so feel this, LeeAnn. I miss my dad, too. Such a beautiful and tender moment expressed here. And such a blessing to be able to spend that time with your father.

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thanks, Petra. I’m so grateful for that time we had.

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Big Willy's avatar

Beautiful.

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

So beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thank you and thank you for the restack!

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Frances Ray's avatar

How deeply touching is your writing, LeeAnn. You are such a gift. Thank you.

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thank you so much, Frances. I’m so grateful to have you as a reader.

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Deborah Gregory's avatar

Your longing to relive those blessed, tender moments with your father - surrounded by love, memory and quiet connection - is deeply moving and so beautifully expressed. Thank you for sharing, LeeAnn.

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment. Those moments sustain me.

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Kim Nelson's avatar

Precious, this!

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thanks, Kim.

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Ann Collins's avatar

“to hold his hand”

Your writing is a way to savor and keep his memory. So beautiful.

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thank you, Ann.

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LeeAnn Pickrell's avatar

Thank you for the restack. ❤️

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Peter Mladinic's avatar

You're welcome, LeeAnn. Also, I submitted the review to Amsterdam Review on Apr. 24th. Hope they take it!

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Fotini Masika's avatar

Love and remembrance 🖤

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David Donoghue's avatar

This is incredible touching and intimate. Thick, all encompassing memory.

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Thomas Rist's avatar

Thank you for this very moving post, LeeAnn. May he rest in peace.

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