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"I am 88 years old. My mother died at 62."
Revised draft of "Memories of My Mother" (2014)

"My mother died 63 years ago today, March 12, 1951."

"The Seder is a very special occasion in most Jewish homes."

"Fox Street was like a lot of other streets in the Bronx."

"My mother used to say, 'You are going to the fair, and I am coming from the fair.'"

"After my mother died, and I had returned home from Cleveland, I felt, sad, empty, angry, helpless."

"My father died June 30, 1931. I was 3½ years old."

"Greeting cards have always had a special significance in my life."

"As I begin to write still another piece that will eventually make up 'My Story,' a disturbing thought occurred to me: I began my life and I am ending my life in the company of two women who are surprisingly similar in many ways."

"I don't want the title of this piece to give the wrong impression."