The man who stepped in when my father refused to walk me down the aisle

out of scrap lumber, plastic sheeting, mismatched screws, and a hinge I removed from an old cabinet Dad had put at the curb.

It was barely eight feet long.

It leaned slightly to the left.Pregnancy & Maternity


Mom called it an eyesore.

By August, I had tomatoes nearly the size of my fist.

That year, my school science fair happened on the same Saturday as Vanessa’s regional spelling competition.

I had spent five months on my project.


Heirloom seed varieties.

Soil composition.

Water retention.

Temperature logs.


Growth measurements.

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