anchoring
tender_square
i
sent
my
mother
a
brag-by-image,
showing
off
the
large
mirror
i'd
hung
in
the
living
room
.
it's
encased
in
a
thick
grey
frame
and
was
made
for
fashionably
leaning
.
the
back
came
with
clips
to
support
the
weight
on
the
wall
,
one
for
each
of
the
four
directions
.
i
figured
it
was
because
it
weighed
twenty
pounds.
mom
was
impressed
i
did
it
all
on
my
own
.
i
admitted
i
struggled:
it
took
a
long
time
to
measure
between
the
hooks
and
mark
the
wall
and
drill
the
anchors;
i
must've caused
four
more
additional
holes
to
patch
in
order
to
get
the
whole
mess
to
align.
i
hadn't
realized
i'd
given
myself
extra
work
.
turns
out
two
of
the
clips
are
for
hanging
the
mirror
horizontally,
and
the
other
two
were
for
the
vertical
orientation.
i
guess
i
was
focused
on
making
my
reflection
a
permanent fixture
here
.
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