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trash service
electricity
light bulb
refrigerator
washing machine
drier
gas station attendant
library
indoor plumbing
clean water
grocery store
home
caring people
roads
paper
ink pens
soap
parents
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trash service
electricity
light bulb
refrigerator
washing machine
drier
gas station attendant
library
indoor plumbing
clean water
grocery store
home
caring people
roads
paper
ink pens
soap
parents
.
The Beautiful Due
Artful Words to Inspire Everyday Living
Daily short takes from an Appalachian hollow
a warm housein a safe neighborhoodfood in the fridgecarpeted floorsgood bookshot watermy family of seven asleep under the same roofkids that truly like each otheropportunitieschoicestoothbrush and flossno more cancer!
911 operators good nursesfire fighterspolice officersfarmers
computercameraknowing where my family isa sleeping childa bed sharedbirdswordscatsgrassan automatic garage doorable to see, hear, touch, smell, and speak
waking up each morningtelephonehot watera choice of medicineinternet
this says so much, nance.time.faces, freshly washed.hot tea.the microwave.clean sheets.looking up at the sky through the trees.you.
leaves changing colorwinter goingspring comingbirds' singingwhat rain can doclouds and blue skiesthe sun setting and risingthe moonlightstars' lightbeing able to dreambeing able to hope
I have soap for sure.
comfy car that is still right-side-uproof attached to my housemy own bed and not a bench in a shelterschool (one of the boys interviewed saidthat for the first time he was actuallymissing school–he was a teen-ager
running waterfurnace heattoasterdishwashera book to read.
cheetos
writinglaughingtalking
friendspoetrythe windsmilesgasoline
a roofwarm blanketsshoes and socksa soft bedalevedoctorsdiapersindoor plumbinghot water
I'm with you Nancy – and then some.