Padgett Powell - At every Christmas, I fail to...

At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.

Padgett Powell

American Novelist

Born: Apr 25, 1952

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Christmas, Good, Needs, Remember, Thought, Every, Gifts, About, Give, Daughters, Fail, Failed, Shoe, Sizes, After, Hard, Who, Growing, Grown, Receive

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