The Passing Storm

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Emily Rennie. The Passing Storm

The Passing Storm. Emily Rennie

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Grandma’s House

Old Photographs

BeBe’s Beauty Shop

Hearing Things

A Surprise Visitor

Encounters

A Storm Approaches

Ginny

Darkest Hours

What We Found

A Bittersweet Departure

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For my grandmothers

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I blinked against the brightness of the sun. We’d gotten off the highway and were rolling along the main street that led from the town to the outlying areas. Many of the stores looked new, and I noticed that there were a lot of chain stores—something I didn’t remember Crisper having too many of. As if she’d read my mind, Grandma piped up and explained that Crisper had been enjoying a little economic boom the last few years, which had spurred a lot of new houses and businesses.

The distance between the shopping centers grew larger the farther we drove out of town, until we were only occasionally catching a glimpse of the homes that sat nestled within ranches and farms, like Grandma’s. With a surge of excitement brought on by memories of childhood visits to Crisper, I started to recognize the homes that we passed.

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