This piece is a love story about my family’s card and gift stop, where I spent most of my time growing up. It’s also a tribute to my dad, Ralph Uttaro, who was truly the heart of the place. When I sat down to write it for submission to the HIPPOCAMPUS anthology, MAIN, the words came tumbling out, like they’d just been waiting for a place to land.
This piece was published in both the Petrigru Review, as Profits of the Heart, and in MAIN, as The Village Card and Gift Shop.
Please click on this link if you’d like to read it. https://thepetigrureview.com/samuels/
