Victoria

Chimes

A Lesson in Beauty

My mother creates beauty. I didn’t recognize this talent when I was child, despite how frequently other grown-ups mentioned it. “Your mom has a gift for making everything lovely,” her friends would tell me.

The world my mom designed was the only world I’d ever known. I didn’t see what was so special about it until I was an adult myself, fumbling to make a home

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