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![#1 8-year-old Diane, in a wool fur-collared dress coat with matching wide bonnet winter hat, is smiling dreamily at the camera. She is standing so close that Santa’s long beard is touching her coat front as his white gloved hands loosely hold her right arm. #2 16-year-old Diane, in a shirtwaist dress and a sixties’-style hairdo stands beside M.A.’s mother, also in a shirtwaist dress. Both are standing behind M.A. and her younger sister, Phyllis. Phyllis is seated at the piano looking at sheet music, with both of her hands on the keys, while M.A. is pointing out a note higher up on the piano. Diane has her right hand on Phyllis’s shoulder as if she were also giving Phyllis guidance on her lesson. #1 8-year-old Diane, in a wool fur-collared dress coat with matching wide bonnet winter hat, is smiling dreamily at the camera. She is standing so close that Santa’s long beard is touching her coat front as his white gloved hands loosely hold her right arm. #2 16-year-old Diane, in a shirtwaist dress and a sixties’-style hairdo stands beside M.A.’s mother, also in a shirtwaist dress. Both are standing behind M.A. and her younger sister, Phyllis. Phyllis is seated at the piano looking at sheet music, with both of her hands on the keys, while M.A. is pointing out a note higher up on the piano. Diane has her right hand on Phyllis’s shoulder as if she were also giving Phyllis guidance on her lesson.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25b2a1e4-e66c-4290-919b-3f43999a79ab_2048x2048.jpeg)
Still Wishing for Her
She would have celebrated
her 79th yesterday
How long would have been a
long enough stay?
For my heart to stop with the breaking
Or
halt a bit of
the aching
As the big sister, so much
for us…
Still Wishing for Her
She would have celebrated
her 79th yesterday
How long would have been a
long enough stay?
For my heart to stop with the breaking
Or
halt a bit of
the aching
As the big sister, so much
for us…