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Pumpkin Pie

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Charity Kilbourn
Jun 14, 2024
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As I sat in the hospital waiting room with my daughter today, waiting for her wife to get out of surgery for a partially detached retina, my mind wandered back to the first time Shelby brought Navi to our house.

I had met her several times before while visiting Shelby. They were roommates during Shelby's sophomore year at college and had since become a constant in each other's lives.

It was a Saturday night in November, and I was enjoying one of my favorite pastimes: drinking wine and baking. I had just pulled a pumpkin pie out of the oven when Shelby and Navi walked through the door.

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