A hummingbird cake, she decided as she turned on the kitchen light. It was made with bananas and pineapples and pecans and had a cream cheese frosting. She would make it light enough to float away. She reached over to open the window. To float to her daughter.

Sarah Addison Allen
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A hummingbird cake, she decided. She could not see past the small details: the banana and pineapple and pecan and cream cheese frosting. She saw herself, in her mind, hovering over the kitchen counter, reaching out with a single finger to open the window. To float to her daughter.

She would do this for her daughter because it would make her happy, because it would mean she was doing something useful in the world. But when she opened the window, she did not fly. Instead, she stepped out into a light rain, without a coat or anything to shield her from the dampness of the night air.

Source: The Girl Who Chased The Moon

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