Origins of the Universe and What It All Means by Carole Firstman

Author:Carole Firstman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Origins of the Universe and What It All Means
ISBN: 9781941088722
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Published: 2016-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

When I study that old photo, the one I showed my mother recently, the one of four-year-old me standing next to the laundry basket wearing my mother’s bra, I imagine what fills the penumbra, the unseen area that lies beyond the framed border. I imagine my father, young again, holding the camera to his eye, his finger pushing the lever, the square flashcube illuminating the room while the aperture clicks open, then shut. I imagine the contents of my parents’ house back then, the silverware with little starbursts patterned into the handles and the reel-to-reel tape recorder and the peace-sign pendent in my father’s bottom desk drawer—and how, like all of us, my parents accumulated and periodically purged throughout their lives, purged during their moves from house to house, their shifts from marriage to divorce, from phases of interest to disinterest, from hobby to hobby, from career goals to accomplishments and compromised settlements. I imagine the one hundred and one boxes currently in my father’s shed and wonder how he decided what was worthy of packing, worthy of saving. When I think about the decision process my father must have gone through—what to keep and what to discard, and the fact that he did so with the knowledge that he’s coming close to the end of his life—well, this prompts me to reflect on my own life, decisions I’ve made, things I’ve acquired or let go, whether or not I’ve acquired the right contents for my life, tangible or otherwise.

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