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"WSC3(NF) Rite of Passage"
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"WSC3(NF) Rite of Passage" |
Rite of Passage“When you’re ten,” I replied, every time he asked “When?” Twice, three times a year, that question again. It seemed so far off. I shivered at the thought; displaced it. Until now. He’s ten.
“Be calm, don’t jump around.” “I know.” “When is a gun loaded?” “Always.” “Listen to Grandpa and Dad.” “I know.” “If you kill yourself, I’ll kill you, you know.” “I know.” “Be careful.” “Mom. Can I go now?” Eagerness pools at the rims of his wise eyelids; he measures a proud fifty-six inches. Only an inch and a half shy of his grandmother. I nod and he’s off. I can’t watch. I blow-dry my hair, but I can still hear it. When he comes in, I know he will proudly show me his battered paper target, and I will be impressed. And then we will have hot chocolate with marshmallows while he tells me in a suddenly-deep voice about the coldness of the steel, the roar of the shot, the thrill of the bulls-eye. In anticipation, and to take my mind off the worrying, I search through the box of photos marked 1978. I find it just as I hear cheering from outside, and I pull it out. It’s fading, but clearly I see a long-haired girl standing in a yellow-gray field of plucked corn husks, wearing a baseball cap, a .22 at her shoulder, and a smile as wide as Tennessee. Ten felt so much older back then. ###
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GrendelsMom 3272 desperate attention whore postings
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01-02-04, 01:37 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: WSC3(NF) Rite of Passage" |
wow, does this capture parenting or what? love the last line.
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p.s. thanks for the e-mails to help me get my bearings.
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13. "RE: WSC3(NF) Rite of Passage" |
"clearly I see a long-haired girl standing in a yellow-gray field of plucked corn husks, wearing a baseball cap, a .22 at her shoulder, and a smile as wide as Tennessee."Love this. I can see it in my mind's eye. Wonderful story. 
A Kyngsladye Original
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