Vanitas | Rachael Maddux | Substack

In the beginning, the baby’s nails were so delicate I could just pick them off when they got too long, like peeling off a bit of tape stuck to a gift...

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Occasionally I desire to have my skull popped open, my brain removed, and all its grody nooks and crannies pressure washed clean — and never moreso than…

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Goodnight Nobody

The baby slept in our bedroom for the first one hundred and ninety three nights of her life...

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Twenty years ago this month I graduated from high school, and twenty years ago next month...

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The last day of my first office job began with an invitation to a mysterious staff meeting...

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The Age of Mammals

One evening a few years ago Joe and I were walking the dog by the creek near our house when a thought out of nowhere appeared in my head...

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Little Bum Bums

I knew the baby was going to arrive on the cusp...

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The Babies In My Phone

The baby in my house goes to sleep or maybe she doesn’t...

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Vanitas

Vanitas

Life, death, and other dumb stuff

Vanitas

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