I looked at Helen and remembered how I’d struggled to get along with her, how nobody would ever be good enough for her son.
When the Frost Comes Early
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Carrie Lynn Hawthorne is a writer and mother from Pasadena, Ca. She seeks spiritual purpose, being of service, and belly laughs. You can find her work in Valiant Scribe, Writing in a Woman’s Voice, Dead Fern Press, and in upcoming issues of K’in, Cholla Needles and Cultural Weekly.
I looked at Helen and remembered how I’d struggled to get along with her, how nobody would ever be good enough for her son.