A
I wanted to escape from the __________ of my day... I wanted some mindless distraction.
What is
MINUTIAE
What is
CLANDESTINE
I knew where she lived, understood the ______ ________ of her family history, the details of my birth, and the secrets she kept from her other children, including my existence.
what is
BROAD STROKES
She decided our relationship could not work, we ______ _______, and in the eight years since, I have done my best to accept her choice.
what is
PARTED WAYS
I get byte-size daily _________from my old co-worker Monika.
what is
AFFIRMATIONS
Maybe that is why, after _______ ________, I typed in my birth mother's name and pressed return.
what is
DOWNED THE REST OF MY BEER
Email felt like a ___________ of simplicity, familiarity, and expediency.
What is
TRIFECTA
I appreciated how E-mail was less________ than the phone, which she and I had used only once, the first time we connected.
What is INTIMATE
Email felt like the trifecta of simplicity, familiarity, and ____________.
What is
EXPEDIENCY
Email also seemed like the perfect medium for our _______operation, which she was hiding from her other children.
What is
COVERT
She sent an outfit with the kind of _____________ card of congratulations one might receieve from a great-aunt.
what is
OBLIGATORY
_____________, our relationship crumbled, piece by unspoken piece.
what is
INEVITABLY
She wrote about ___________ matters like cleaning her basement and sports rivalries.
What is
PEDESTRIAN
Our airport meeting was_______ by awkward pauses and unasked questions.
What is
STRAINED
I could hack through her wall and post a message _______ ________ as her first daughter.
what is
OUTING MYSELF
Her profile picture popped up on my screen, the _______ of maternal bliss, mother and child.
What is
EPITOME
I snapped my laptop shut, hoping to reinforce the lines she had drawn and I had ________ by for all those years.
What is
ABIDED BY
I imagined these small bits of us could distill the complexity of our mother-daughter bond and _____ ________ ________ ________ shadows.
what is
NUDGE THE SECRETS FROM THE SHADOWS