The Brimming Cup

"The Brimming Cup" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

One day Marise sees her youngest child leave for his first day of school and she realizes that life for her is redundant. Absorbed in her new duties as a wife and mother she has not been aware of the slow diminishing of her spirit, or the way in which her relationship with her husband, though comfortable and happy, has lost its passion. As the year progresses, Marise continues as the glue of the household, drawing new neighbors into the family circle as she tries to find her life's light once again.