Something to Save

Catherine Averill's story, "Something to Save," was selected by Short Édition in partnership with Temple University. Catherine is originally from Milwaukee, WI and currently works and writes in Philadelphia, PA.

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On his way out the door to a meeting with a client, the husband said, "We should have a baby," and the wife, pointing to one of the windows that overlooked the driveway, said, "We already have an orchid and its stem is going brown," and the husband said, "I'm serious," and the wife said, "Me too." With a white linen dishtowel, the wife diapered Teddy, her childhood stuffed bear, and when the husband came home from work the wife cradled the bear in the bend of her thin arm and said, "Here's our baby," and the husband said, "Teddy?" and the wife said, "He goes by Theo now," and the husband said

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