Breaking Home Ties

by Clare Briggs · June 9, 2019

Clare Briggs

Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.

Will Truman says:

June 9, 2019 at 9:21 am

By way of coincidence, my wife left town yesterday for a week-long assignment across the country. It will be her first “real” (non-gig-economy) physician job since she had to step away from her previous one. We’re excited and (for the first time in a while) optimistic. But saying goodbye is difficult.Report

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