I revisited with the imagined life of my grandparents with this story. Chronologically it takes place before my first short story for this class. I hope you enjoy it! Sunday Gravy It was a simple meal, one Maria had been making since she was a child. She had started the gravy by browning any and all meat she found in the refrigerator. She would add it all to the gravy a little later including some leftover chicken from last night’s dinner. She started her gravy with a few jars of tomatoes she had canned with Katie not that long ago. The grief she felt when she open the jars was overwhelming, she should be cooking this meal with her mother-in-law. After five years of making the Sunday gravy they had it down to an art form. While one woman cleaned up from breakfast the other would brown the meat. After finishing the dishes it was a trip down to the basement to get two jars of canned tomatoes a...
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