<![CDATA[Stories by Alison McBain on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@amcbain?source=rss-24377e97c643------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*pHHYb-bRoxrxi8CjtWlx9g.jpeg Stories by Alison McBain on Medium https://medium.com/@amcbain?source=rss-24377e97c643------2 Medium Sun, 15 Nov 2026 00:31:46 GMT <![CDATA[Love & Legacies]]>

The contradiction of moms & daughters

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A poem remembering ancestors in the spring

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A story about learning to love again

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Love and loss shimmer through shafts of light

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A Japanese fairy tale

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A few tips & tricks to make the process (mostly) painless

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A prose poem about bird brains

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A poem about nature & loss

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A poem about the littlest dinosaur

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A sad, sad, sad, sad story (so sad)

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