The Garden of Small Beginnings

ABBI WAXMAN

THE GARDEN OF SMALL BEGINNINGS by abbi waxman (fiction) liberally sprinkled with humor & snappy dialogue + peppered with grief and support from family & new friends = 👍🏻
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“‘Two little girls, right?’
I nodded.
‘And one dead husband?’ OK, she didn’t say that. I just added it in my head. People often ask, when they don’t know you, ‘Oh, and where’s your husband?’ Or, ‘And what does your husband do?’ And it’s very hard not to reply, ‘In heaven, hopefully.’ Or, ‘Oh, mostly he just rots.’ But anyway, she didn’t mention him, which meant she remembered he was dead and was being polite and thoughtful. Bitch.”
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“‘You fought outside?’ He was confused.
I nodded, ashamed. ‘Yes, in the street, like teenagers, or hookers.’” 😂
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