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WHAT’S GLOBE-TROTTING WITHOUT A STOP AT THE GROCERY STORE?

BY VIVIAN HOWARD

Last year, my son had to write a poem about me for Mother’s Day. My kids have been dealt an assignment like this before, so I braced myself for the sure-to-be-eye-opening experience of reading his unvarnished thoughts regarding my private life. The observations both he and his sister had made about me in the past highlighted things I didn’t even know about myself. This new work of art proved no different. The stanza “My mom goes to the grocery store every day / It doesn’t matter if we need anything, she always finds a way” couldn’t be more accurate. But what Theo fails to mention is that I actually hate going to the grocery store for all the mundane things— broccoli, cat food, toilet paper, milk, eggs. As with any…

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