My Mother in Matumi, dignified, anxious and preparing for departure in 2007. Mom was in a hurry. She travelled more and did more than most people and understood more and more of what she did meant something. But she was always very nervous before a trip. The first big trip she was to make when she was four didn't happen. Then there was the anxiety of departure from France after the war when she was 10. Finally they got away in 1947 on Czechoslovakian passports. Matumi 2007 She was always very nervous before a trip. I want to talk in the present tense because the past tense frames events and gives them an artificial rim. Was I the closest person to my mother. Was I the most beloved. Of course not. Of course I was. Love is not a false dichotomy. The more of an outsider you are the more paradoxical relationships appear to you-especially if you are a parvenu. Remember I have been frighteningly aware of my surroundings and my parents since I was three. When did you appear on the
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