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Tag: Emotional Repair

  • The Cup Cakes.

    The Cup Cakes.

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    by

    Harper Leigh
    in

    Mara made cupcakes the next afternoon. Not because she needed sugar, or comfort, or distraction.She made them because she wanted to stay with the memory long enough to understand it, without replaying it. She moved slowly. Measured the flour. Cracked the eggs carefully. Let the kitchen be quiet. As they baked, she sat at the…