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Last words
By Jennifer Graham
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on,” says Robert Frost.
Like the beaters on the Mixmaster that woke me up Saturday mornings
The sound of mom making chocolate chip cookies.
She always made a double batch
One to bake. One for my brother and I to eat raw at the kitchen table before breakfast.
Mom had a rule about cookies: you need two; One for each hand.
It kept our little hands busy and her head peaceful.
There was only one other rule my mother insisted upon
“Be kind.â€
Her last words to me.
And here I am. A cookie in each hand. Trying to go on without her.