The first memory I have in the world is of death and tears....

The first memory I have in the world is of death and tears. That is how I would mark the beginning of my life: the way people mark the end of one. My family had gathered at Papa Joe's house because Mam' Grace was slipping away, only I didn't register it that way. For some reason I thought that it was her birthday.

Charles M. Blow Quote About Beginning, Birthday, Death, Family, Gathered: The First Memory I Have...

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