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On the days I feel orphaned

And family feels far away

And friends feel like friends, with their own lives and their own kin with their own traditions, and “seats” at their own childhood tables…

On the days I feel orphaned

And the idea of family feels far-fetched,

And the Matthews / Tanner families mock me for the audacity of my pipe dream…

On the days that I feel orphaned

And I recall more squabble than sibling,

And I just want my mom, but not my mom…

On the days that I feel orphaned

I remind myself of my Father

And my daughter’s father,

And that our family is little, but a little is enough.