out another handful of hangers.  She paused, hunted, and found two special dresses.  She pulled them out.  “This one is the famous dress from the subway grate scene in the ‘Seven Year Itch’ and this one is the famous bright pink dress and gloves she wore when she sang ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend.’”

     We all stood around and touched Marilyn’s things, her dresses, clothes, jewelry, everything, in silence, loving her, quietly crying for her, all of us, even me.  It was so overwhelming to see so many of her belongings in one place and to know she wasn’t there to use them, or see her daughter there touching them.

     “There were pictures put out of Marilyn and a ‘baby bump.’  The pict...

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