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Sometimes Canned Peas
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Indiana Review
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July 1, 2008
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Do it because she's your husband's mother. He's talked with his brother, and they've decided that you'll be perfect. At 56, you don't have a job, really, in the technical sense of the word. Freelance writing, in the world of engineers and accountants, is not a real career. Your husband makes enough money to support both of you. You have extra space. You can even build an apartment for her onto the back of your house. Plus, you have experience. You're good at this, he says. You've cared for people all your life.
Wish that you did not have "experience," not the kind that he is referring to. Wish that you never told him about the two years in college you sat with Mrs. Cole so that her daughter ...
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