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molly's note: I wrote the map of enough because
the question "What is enough?" wouldn't leave me
alone—everyone seemed to be asking it, including me.
As a woman just entering her 30's, I wanted to reconcile
my childhood abroad with my current life in Montana.
Living in our handmade yurt on The Land, 107 acres
owned by my family, forced open my senses—and, with
that, my husband, Chris, and I learned about ourselves,
each other, and what it means to begin to allow a place
to teach you. The section below takes place halfway
through the book. We are building a garden. I am feel-
ing, for the first time, invested somewhere—but still
confused about that feeling. The white picket fence girl
is the younger me who actually did want a home.
Excerpt copyright ©2014 by Molly May from
The Map
of Enough
. Reprinted by permission of Counterpoint.
molly caro may
is a writer and teacher
of place-based writing
workshops. Her writing had
appeared in
orion , Salon ,
and
Fourth Genre , among
others. Learn more at www.
mollycaromay.com
appearances:
March 18th Country Bookshelf, Bozeman
May 6th Shakespeare & Co, Missoula
June 10th Elk River Books, Livingston
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