Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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The Slurping of the Soup
And he cooked with a smiling twinkle,/His paring knife a-twinkle,/ His graters and ladles a-twinkle, as he prepped an amazing [...]
A Cautionary Tale
I didn’t know Maria well. She was a senior and I, a freshman, in the autumn of 1970. She was thin with a puff of blonde [...]
Fame is Not the Same as Success
Most successful people follow their dreams and achieve things that bring great meaning to their lives. For a very few, [...]
The Final Farewell
I wish I had been able to be with him to tell him I loved him and hold his hand. I will always regret not being there for [...]
Scofflaw
Sometimes it’s not who you are, it’s who you know… I grew up in rural Western Pennsylvania, Beaver County. My mother worked [...]
Love the Form Factor
When first married, we lived across the street from a supermarket. Sunday mornings, Dan would run across the street and buy a [...]
Sitter of Last Resort
When I came to the door, often the kids would greet me with "We don't want you, we want Karen!"
We Gather Together (Not)
The candles in my Featured photo were my mother’s. There are two pairs. I don’t even know how old they [...]
Jewelry Girl
The night after my father died I received a call from an older first cousin, trying to console me. He remembered that I was a [...]
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