{"id":6882,"date":"2022-11-04T06:42:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T06:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/?p=6882\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T15:08:26","slug":"mary-jane-by-jessica-anya-blau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/en\/2022\/11\/04\/mary-jane-by-jessica-anya-blau\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;MARY JANE&#8221; by Jessica Anya Blau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mary-Jane.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mary-Jane-197x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mary-Jane-197x300.jpeg 197w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mary-Jane-674x1024.jpeg 674w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mary-Jane.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mary-Jane-197x300@2x.jpeg 394w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Mary-Jane-674x1024@2x.jpeg 1348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a>Mary Jane is going to babysit five years old Izzy over the summer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>&#8220;I had just turned fourteen, it was 1975, and my ideas about homes, furniture, and cleanliness ran straight into me like an umbilical cord from my mother.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>My mother&#8217;s work was mostly in the home. I&#8217;d never seen anyone busier than Mom. She made the beds everyday, swept every day, grocery shopped every Friday, made breakfast and dinner every day, and mopped the kitchen floor each night.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>My mother thought it was nice that I&#8217;d be working for a doctor and his wife for the summer. She said that a house with a doctor was a respectable house.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>If my father knew I was working for a doctor&#8217;s family, he would have approved. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>But he didn&#8217;t pay much attention to matters concerning me. Or concerning anyone, really. Each night, he came home from work, settled into his chair by the living room window, and read the Evening Sun until my mother announced that dinner was ready, at which point he moved into the dining room, where he sat at the head of the table.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>When Dr.Cone stepped deeper into the room and kissed Mrs. Cone on the lips, I almost fainted. 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