Yacov Mitchenko
Joined May 2021
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Two Imperfect Solitudes Protecting Each Other
A glow rests, trance-like, in her living room chair this May morning. The curtain stirs slightly, her favorite cat passing through it now and again. Ever since my mom’s passing on March 31st of last year, I’ve tried to put our past together into perspective. A daunting task. Much of what “happened” is re-imagined, edited, simplified. The more I try, the more I find my mother, the kind of person she was, elusive. She feels more mysterious to me now than she ever did. The extent of her influence is nigh impossible to gauge. Writing this almost comes across as an injustice to her, superficial as it’s bound to turn out, yet I’m compelled to continue anyway.
By Yacov Mitchenko5 years ago in Families
