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The Shepherd's Voice by Robin Lee Hatcher

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slung forward, his gaze on the ground before him. He hadn’t heard the wagon’s approach,

“Inside the shop, a blond woman reached for a peach silk number on display. What Millie would give to go inside the store and let her own fingers graze the fabric of that gown.
Layers of peach silk draped down the back of the dress, then fell into a line of buttons along the fitted waistline and hips. The whole gown was like a summer dream.”
― Ashley Clark, The Dress Shop on King Street

tags: dress, peach-color

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“Buttons may be tiny. Delicate, even. But they fasten together the fabric of an entire garment. The fabric wear day in and day out, the mundane cotton blouse and the lacy wedding dress. The fabric, the seams, that cover us, warm us, protect us. Binding dream to dream, story to story, but mostly, death to life.
With a particular kind of beauty that rises from the dust. The resurrection life of a second story, of the breath that mends us.”
― Ashley Clark, The Dress Shop on King Street

tags: buttons, connections, historical

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