Writer Pam Dewey

Tag: family

  • Home is Here.

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    Pam Dewey
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    “You excited to go home?” It was a simple question, meant to be answered with a quick yes. But my answer was not simple. Was I excited to see my family in Iowa and celebrate Christmas with them? Yes, of course, I was. I love my family. And we get along like families do, which…

  • I am Thankful for Scrabble

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    Pam Dewey
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    Hands on tiles. Words constructed. And then reconstructed. Dictionaries thumbed. Triple word score red. Double letter blue. Scores scratched onto pads of paper. Many holidays I have hunched over a ledge of seven letters. Across from my Grandma Johnson. Across from my mother. Across from my brother. My grandmother was very good, but she is…