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might be useful; what can be saved。 Everything goes。 I scrub the tub and sink clean of her。 When I am finished; it is as sterile and impersonal as a motel bathroom。
In her bedroom I find mismatched socks under her bed and frayed panties on the closet floor。 Desk drawers are filled with school papers; filed by year and subject。 I catch myself reading through poems and essays; admiring high scores on tests and reading her name; printed or typed neatly in the upper right…hand corner of each paper。 I pack the desk contents into a box。 Six months。 I think。 I wilI give her six months to collect her belongings; and then I will throw it all away。 That is fair。 Grown…ups pay for stortage。
Her books stymie me。 Dr。 Seuss; Sweet Valley High; R。 L。 Stine; Baby…sitters Club; Shakespeare; The Odyssey and The Iliad; romance novels; historical novels and textbooks。 A lifetime of reading;each book beloved。 I want to be heartless; to stuff them in paper sacks for the used bookstore。 I love books as much as she does; I cram them onto a single bookshelf to deal with later。txt电子书分享平台
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I will turn her room into a crafts room。 Or create the fancy guest room I’ve always wanted。 But not for her benefit。 When grown…up life proves too hard and she es crawling back; she can stay in the basement or sleep on the couch。
My ruthlessness returns with a vengeance。 Dresses; sweaters; leggings; and shoes she hasn’t worn since seventh grade are crammed into garbage bags。
Her thoughtlessness appalls me。 Did I raise her to be like this? To treat what she owns—what I paid for—as so much trash? No; she left this mess to thumb her nose at me; as payback for treating her like the child she is。
“Fa la la; Mom; I am off to conquer the worl
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