Comments on: Expiration Dates

By: Baddest Mother Ever

Baddest Mother Ever — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:27:40 +0000

Thanks, baby doll! I still think about that conversation you and I had at Tybee. You said there’s always a hole there but it gets better with time.

By: Shannah Clarke

Shannah Clarke — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:04:30 +0000

I adore you so much. Dates still spring up at me…grief is one of those things that just keeps surprising me. I love you bunches and bunches and your writing is just breathtaking.

By: baddestmotherever

baddestmotherever — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:16:19 +0000

Thanks, Mary! I think clarity is the most important thing we can seek.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:40:57 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story. You inspire me to realize what is really important.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:25:15 +0000

Thanks for sharing that. I know about firsts and lasts, too. Frequently I forget to celebrate the firsts, but the lasts never fail to haunt, sometimes even on the wrong day..

By: baddestmotherever

baddestmotherever — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:03:20 +0000

True. I STILL have a case of Kroger brand Cokes in the pantry. Richard insisted that they tasted just like the real thing and were so much cheaper. So I’ve kept them like a museum object for eight years.

By: Jennifer (Word Witch) Johnson

Jennifer (Word Witch) Johnson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:59:37 +0000

Perhaps the date on the milk can mean that the stamp doesn’t have the final say. Perhaps the milk isn’t consumed-not all of it. But what was consumed was enjoyed. And the milk that did spoil was given to the cat or poured out as fuel for the March budding plants. And that milk jug-possibilities are endless there for uses. Life goes on after the stamp date. Maybe not for that particular milk, but the legacy of the milk-memories of milk shakes and refreshment, the strong bones it helped nurture, all of those things mattered. They still do. Here’s to March 17th.