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Others came back with notes.

“I got a job.”

“My mom ate today.”

“I didn’t cry today.”

“Thank you for waiting for me.”

“It needed garlic.”

Mary’s box had to be swapped for a bigger one.

Then for two.

Then for a whole cabinet.

An archive of gratitudes, of sadnesses, of survived hungers. Sometimes new people asked why we kept crumpled pieces of paper. I would continue reading …