I identify with so many things, specific and aural. And I remain grateful for my religious relatives who did loving things for us after my mother married a non-Amish man. We try so hard for rightness and righteousness. And I wished for dentists too. This piece is spot on for describing the anxiety-inducing innocence we strivers experience and intensify to show G-d how good we are. I thank our society for public school.
I came upon your story by chance and once I started I couldn’t stop…the tragic humor and humanity kept me going and I would have happily continued reading past your ending into new chapters of this family’s life and the little girl who I imagined would eventually move past her anxieties and her upbringing into a different world…or maybe not. Thanks again for a great short story.
This ending is so perfect. Pedaling off to go find a benevolent dentist in the sky 🚲
I identify with so many things, specific and aural. And I remain grateful for my religious relatives who did loving things for us after my mother married a non-Amish man. We try so hard for rightness and righteousness. And I wished for dentists too. This piece is spot on for describing the anxiety-inducing innocence we strivers experience and intensify to show G-d how good we are. I thank our society for public school.
Great article. Thanks.
Love it!
Such a great story, Kevinlina. .....to glossolalize ...logorrhea, the gibberish of an Alzheimer’s patient...love it. I didn't want this to finish. :)
Aw, thanks, Geraldine!
I came upon your story by chance and once I started I couldn’t stop…the tragic humor and humanity kept me going and I would have happily continued reading past your ending into new chapters of this family’s life and the little girl who I imagined would eventually move past her anxieties and her upbringing into a different world…or maybe not. Thanks again for a great short story.
So glad you found it, Dawn! And yes, we love @Kevilina Burbank’s work, too.
Thanks Dawn. :)