"Sugar Baby" Published in Extract(s)

I'm delighted to have my essay, "Sugar Baby," published by Extract(s) today! Below is a snippet of this short piece, but please head over to Extract(s) to read the whole thing.

Every time I clean my kitchen sink, I think of you. You, who gave me housekeeping tips about a shiny sink while you were dying (and trying not to die) of cancer there on the other side of the world, down under, we call it. I think of you and how you can no longer shine your own sink, because despite trying not to die, you did. Tonight, I think of you and clean my stainless steel sink before washing a dusty watermelon. [keep reading]

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*watermelon image by Christopher J. Anderson, Founder & Executive Creative Director of Extract(s)