[New post] Summer Mother

Michael Gonzales posted: "Michael A. Gonzales | Longreads | October 2020 | 6 minutes (1,720 words) Though my mother was an only child, I grew up surrounded by many aunts. These women, mom's "play sisters" as she called them, were not siblings by blood, but were connected by long " New post on Longreads Summer Mother by Michael Gonzales Michael A. Gonzales | Longreads | October 2020 | 6 minutes (1,720 words) Though my mother was an only child, I grew up surrounded by many aunts. These women, mom's "play sisters" as she called them, were not siblings by blood, but were connected by long friendships, residual remembrances and childhood memories, as with Aunt Carol and Aunt Margret, who grew up with her in the Pittsburgh community known as the Hill District. After relocating to New York City in 1953, mom attended George Washington High where she had classes with Aunt Bootsie and Aunt Charlotte; after graduation, she began to hang out in various Harlem night spots including Carl's On the Corner and the Brown Bombers, bar-hopping with my future godmother Aunt Myrna as well as with roommates Jill and Barbara, the only ones of her sisterly crew that I didn't call aunt. Read more of this post Michael Gonzales | October 14, 2020 at 6:00 am | Tags: Aunts, integrity, Michael A. Gonzales, mothers, strength, women | Categories: Essays & Criticism, Story | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-Bwv Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2020/10/14/summer-mother/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com