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Sharron Bassano's avatar

A lovely tribute to your beautiful mother, Clancy

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

thanks Sharron. not exactly my mom, but all moms for sure

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Parker McCoy's avatar

This is timeless, Clancy, while also commenting a great deal on the passage of time and the difference in generations. Love pretty much builds a bridge beyond all of it. I'm glad she has one son who'll visit her on Mother's Day. He's quite a fellow. Awesome post, Clancy.

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J.K. Ghillis's avatar

Inside a mother’s old memory jar

The sweetest entry, yet now so far:

A wee boy goes to sleep

Hesperus tucks in his feet

And whispers: you are my evening star

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Benjamin Sharp's avatar

Beautiful, Clancy. My dad is the closest thing. I have to a mom anymore, and just yesterday I had to help him remove a scammy popup ad blocker from his browser that kept popping up. He wasn’t sure how it got there but he just wanted to return to the good old days watching political fear porn on YouTube.

I miss my mom and this was a nice reminder. I like to think that if she were still around, she’d be banging it out on her Selectric.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

Ben, thanks for reading. love your bio. so glad I could bring those memories back on this mother's day!

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Robin Pratt's avatar

This is so beautifully written. It brought back memories of trying to explain the magic of an iPad to my mother, who never quite grasped the leap from a tethered tower. But oh, she could sooth my soul when I felt broken. Treasure these precious years with her. Contentment is underrated.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

thanks for reading robin!! contentment IS underrated, isn’t it?

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Stephanie Sweeney's avatar

Very sweet:) Also, the following line applies to so many people, and I gotta say, hard to argue with: "She was already old enough to have experienced as much of it as she wanted, and decidedly had her fill."

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

thanks Stephanie, always appreciate your readership.

"She was already old enough to have experienced as much of it as she wanted, and decidedly had her fill."

I feel like, while it might seem hard to argue with, it's in direct contradiction with a lot of the zeitgeist today. but that's alright! moms are allowed!!

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Keith Long's avatar

Marvelous. Made me feel things.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

thanks Keith! that’s the idea! check out my latest, apparently it’s giving major feels as well.

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Keith Long's avatar

I’m excited to get to it, probably tonight. I had a lot of catching up to do in my inbox lol

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Justin Deming's avatar

What an excellent story, Clancy! I loved it.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

thanks justin!!

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K.C. Knouse's avatar

I liked the way you built the piece around computers and the 1's and 0's, ending with that fantastic last paragraph and last line, Clancy. My ninety-seven year old mother gave up on computers years ago, but she does text on her cell phone, sort of. Your mother sounds like a contented person, indeed.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

97! wow KC, great. and to be texting? you must be a great son. hope she has many more. thanks for reading!

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Rosie B's avatar

All the feels. Lovely!

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

thanks rosie :)

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Anna Schott's avatar

Who's this "David" guy, huh?

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

a beautiful amalgamation of people, stories, experiences and lies :) thanks for reading, Anna.

and happy mother's day to you!!! i am sure you had a good day.

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Anna Schott's avatar

Haha! I did. Thanks!

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Caroline Osella's avatar

Bless you both.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

thanks for reading caroline!

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Christa Wesley's avatar

I can't tell you how much I relate to this story. I have been the IT help desk for my mother for a very long time. Neither of my other siblings have any level of patience to answer her questions so she comes to me.

At one point, I had to get a Yahoo email address so I could log in while on the phone with her and see how they had reformatted the page in order to find where the moved the "attach" button.

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

Christa, thanks for reading. I write things people can relate to, or try to. that is a great compliment. kudos to you for being a great daughter and i hope your mom doesn’t have too many tech issues today!!

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Christa Wesley's avatar

Thank you! I do my best! I think the real question is why are both of us up so damn early on a Sunday??

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