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In Memoriam - A Love Letter to 'Ma'
Love Across Life

In Memoriam - A Love Letter to 'Ma'

By My Side, In My Genes, At My Back

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Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
Sep 19, 2022
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marlyse wittenberg, marvelous mom, professor, woman
Indomitable ‘Ma’

How do you thank a mother for all she’s done? Impossible, of course. As Billy Collins’ wonderful poem, The Lanyard, recognised.

And here, I wish to say to her now,
is a smaller gift—not…

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