Mary Lash<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/2026June\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/festoon5.jpeg\")
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Issue 16<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nFlash Nonfiction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our mother told us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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As one of nine kids in the Depression, she was happy to get a new pair of shoes and an orange at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her father was illiterate, but her mother led the school board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their one-room school, she and Aunt Belle fought over the pork chop bone. The young teacher\u2014the teachers only stayed until they found husbands\u2014gave them her sandwich to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Uncle John killed mother\u2019s cat as a joke, Uncle Dunk shot John\u2019s dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In high school all the boys wanted to dance with her. The short boys were the best dancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but got a scholarship to beauty school instead. She worked in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where she did the hair of John Steinbeck\u2019s ex-wife. Foolishly, Mother spent her money on beautiful clothes, rather than saving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had polio, but the mean nurse thought she was hysterical and left her alone in pain. She learned to walk again because FDR\u2019s March of Dimes paid for her treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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She said that if God wanted her to have more than two children, He would have given her more than two hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said he who hesitates is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that kind of man was a flash in the pan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Mother didn\u2019t tell us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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How she hid in the dark from the furious date outside her window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That she\u2019d been married and divorced before she met our father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That our father was also married before, and we had a brother.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\nMary Lash<\/strong> (she\/her) is the author of Love and the TSA,<\/em> a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards; A Roller Coaster Down<\/em>, runner-up in the Young Adult category of the Eric Hoffer Book Award; and a nonfiction case study, The Desert Murders: How Junk Science, Witness Contamination, and Arizona Politics Condemned an Innocent Man.<\/em> Her stories have appeared in MoonShine Review<\/em> and Catfish Stew.<\/em> She has worked as an advertising copywriter, a production editor for agricultural engineering publications, and an adult-education teacher. She lives in Piedmont, South Carolina.\u00a0<\/summary>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Read “Lottie<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/2026June\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/flower-tpr-1.jpeg?w=748\")
<\/a>Read “Questions Like This<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/2026June\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tpr-flowers-5.jpeg?w=664\")
<\/a>Read “Seven Hour Layover<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary Lash Issue 16 Flash Nonfiction Our mother told us: As one of nine kids in the Depression, she was happy to get a new pair of shoes and an orange at Christmas. Her father was illiterate, but her mother led the school board. In their one-room school, she and Aunt Belle fought over the pork chop bone. The young teacher\u2014the teachers only stayed until they found husbands\u2014gave them her sandwich to share. When Uncle John killed mother\u2019s cat as a joke, Uncle Dunk shot John\u2019s dog. In high school all the boys wanted to dance with her. The short boys were the best dancers. She wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but got a scholarship to beauty school instead. She worked in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where she did the hair of John Steinbeck\u2019s ex-wife. Foolishly, Mother spent her money on beautiful clothes, rather than saving it. She had polio, but the mean nurse thought she was hysterical and left her alone in pain. She learned to walk again because FDR\u2019s March of Dimes paid for her treatment. She said that if God wanted her to have more than two children, He would have given her more than two hands. She said he who hesitates is lost. She said that kind of man was a flash in the pan. Mother didn\u2019t tell us: How she hid in the dark from the furious date outside her window. That she\u2019d been married and divorced before she met our father. That our father was also married before, and we had a brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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Issue 16<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nFlash Nonfiction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our mother told us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As one of nine kids in the Depression, she was happy to get a new pair of shoes and an orange at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her father was illiterate, but her mother led the school board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their one-room school, she and Aunt Belle fought over the pork chop bone. The young teacher\u2014the teachers only stayed until they found husbands\u2014gave them her sandwich to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Uncle John killed mother\u2019s cat as a joke, Uncle Dunk shot John\u2019s dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In high school all the boys wanted to dance with her. The short boys were the best dancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but got a scholarship to beauty school instead. She worked in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where she did the hair of John Steinbeck\u2019s ex-wife. Foolishly, Mother spent her money on beautiful clothes, rather than saving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had polio, but the mean nurse thought she was hysterical and left her alone in pain. She learned to walk again because FDR\u2019s March of Dimes paid for her treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that if God wanted her to have more than two children, He would have given her more than two hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said he who hesitates is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that kind of man was a flash in the pan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mother didn\u2019t tell us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How she hid in the dark from the furious date outside her window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That she\u2019d been married and divorced before she met our father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That our father was also married before, and we had a brother.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\nMary Lash<\/strong> (she\/her) is the author of Love and the TSA,<\/em> a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards; A Roller Coaster Down<\/em>, runner-up in the Young Adult category of the Eric Hoffer Book Award; and a nonfiction case study, The Desert Murders: How Junk Science, Witness Contamination, and Arizona Politics Condemned an Innocent Man.<\/em> Her stories have appeared in MoonShine Review<\/em> and Catfish Stew.<\/em> She has worked as an advertising copywriter, a production editor for agricultural engineering publications, and an adult-education teacher. She lives in Piedmont, South Carolina.\u00a0<\/summary>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/a>Read “Lottie<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Read “Questions Like This<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Read “Seven Hour Layover<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary Lash Issue 16 Flash Nonfiction Our mother told us: As one of nine kids in the Depression, she was happy to get a new pair of shoes and an orange at Christmas. Her father was illiterate, but her mother led the school board. In their one-room school, she and Aunt Belle fought over the pork chop bone. The young teacher\u2014the teachers only stayed until they found husbands\u2014gave them her sandwich to share. When Uncle John killed mother\u2019s cat as a joke, Uncle Dunk shot John\u2019s dog. In high school all the boys wanted to dance with her. The short boys were the best dancers. She wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but got a scholarship to beauty school instead. She worked in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where she did the hair of John Steinbeck\u2019s ex-wife. Foolishly, Mother spent her money on beautiful clothes, rather than saving it. She had polio, but the mean nurse thought she was hysterical and left her alone in pain. She learned to walk again because FDR\u2019s March of Dimes paid for her treatment. She said that if God wanted her to have more than two children, He would have given her more than two hands. She said he who hesitates is lost. She said that kind of man was a flash in the pan. Mother didn\u2019t tell us: How she hid in the dark from the furious date outside her window. That she\u2019d been married and divorced before she met our father. That our father was also married before, and we had a brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our mother told us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As one of nine kids in the Depression, she was happy to get a new pair of shoes and an orange at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her father was illiterate, but her mother led the school board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In their one-room school, she and Aunt Belle fought over the pork chop bone. The young teacher\u2014the teachers only stayed until they found husbands\u2014gave them her sandwich to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Uncle John killed mother\u2019s cat as a joke, Uncle Dunk shot John\u2019s dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In high school all the boys wanted to dance with her. The short boys were the best dancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but got a scholarship to beauty school instead. She worked in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where she did the hair of John Steinbeck\u2019s ex-wife. Foolishly, Mother spent her money on beautiful clothes, rather than saving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had polio, but the mean nurse thought she was hysterical and left her alone in pain. She learned to walk again because FDR\u2019s March of Dimes paid for her treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that if God wanted her to have more than two children, He would have given her more than two hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said he who hesitates is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that kind of man was a flash in the pan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mother didn\u2019t tell us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How she hid in the dark from the furious date outside her window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That she\u2019d been married and divorced before she met our father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That our father was also married before, and we had a brother.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Mary Lash<\/strong> (she\/her) is the author of Love and the TSA,<\/em> a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards; A Roller Coaster Down<\/em>, runner-up in the Young Adult category of the Eric Hoffer Book Award; and a nonfiction case study, The Desert Murders: How Junk Science, Witness Contamination, and Arizona Politics Condemned an Innocent Man.<\/em> Her stories have appeared in MoonShine Review<\/em> and Catfish Stew.<\/em> She has worked as an advertising copywriter, a production editor for agricultural engineering publications, and an adult-education teacher. She lives in Piedmont, South Carolina.\u00a0<\/summary>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/a>Read “Lottie<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Read “Questions Like This<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Read “Seven Hour Layover<\/a>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary Lash Issue 16 Flash Nonfiction Our mother told us: As one of nine kids in the Depression, she was happy to get a new pair of shoes and an orange at Christmas. Her father was illiterate, but her mother led the school board. In their one-room school, she and Aunt Belle fought over the pork chop bone. The young teacher\u2014the teachers only stayed until they found husbands\u2014gave them her sandwich to share. When Uncle John killed mother\u2019s cat as a joke, Uncle Dunk shot John\u2019s dog. In high school all the boys wanted to dance with her. The short boys were the best dancers. She wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but got a scholarship to beauty school instead. She worked in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where she did the hair of John Steinbeck\u2019s ex-wife. Foolishly, Mother spent her money on beautiful clothes, rather than saving it. She had polio, but the mean nurse thought she was hysterical and left her alone in pain. She learned to walk again because FDR\u2019s March of Dimes paid for her treatment. She said that if God wanted her to have more than two children, He would have given her more than two hands. She said he who hesitates is lost. She said that kind of man was a flash in the pan. Mother didn\u2019t tell us: How she hid in the dark from the furious date outside her window. That she\u2019d been married and divorced before she met our father. That our father was also married before, and we had a brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
<\/a><\/a><\/a>Mary Lash Issue 16 Flash Nonfiction Our mother told us: As one of nine kids in the Depression, she was happy to get a new pair of shoes and an orange at Christmas. Her father was illiterate, but her mother led the school board. In their one-room school, she and Aunt Belle fought over the pork chop bone. The young teacher\u2014the teachers only stayed until they found husbands\u2014gave them her sandwich to share. When Uncle John killed mother\u2019s cat as a joke, Uncle Dunk shot John\u2019s dog. In high school all the boys wanted to dance with her. The short boys were the best dancers. She wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but got a scholarship to beauty school instead. She worked in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where she did the hair of John Steinbeck\u2019s ex-wife. Foolishly, Mother spent her money on beautiful clothes, rather than saving it. She had polio, but the mean nurse thought she was hysterical and left her alone in pain. She learned to walk again because FDR\u2019s March of Dimes paid for her treatment. She said that if God wanted her to have more than two children, He would have given her more than two hands. She said he who hesitates is lost. She said that kind of man was a flash in the pan. Mother didn\u2019t tell us: How she hid in the dark from the furious date outside her window. That she\u2019d been married and divorced before she met our father. That our father was also married before, and we had a brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t