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The Ache of Loneliness

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Monica Hebert
May 30, 2025
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It hit me sometime between folding the soft, worn dish towel and sliding the sugar canister back into its familiar corner.
The late afternoon light had shifted, casting long amber shadows across the kitchen floor, and there wasn’t a single sound in the house.
Not even the hum of the refrigerator, which usually gave off a low, steady presence—like …

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