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Submitted to Contest #94
It seems impossible to believe that one word can destroy your whole world. I remember the day I heard that word. I saw everything I had fought so hard for crumble before me. I crumbled and knew my life was over. Most everybody knows this word but only a small percentage of people will really understand how I felt. “You have cancer,” the doctor told me. Yeah, cancer- that’s the word. “What?” That was the only reply I could think to give. I was in shock; one word was all I was capable of at the moment. “The tumor is operable and w...
Submitted to Contest #72
I hadn’t really been back to my hometown since I had left for college almost ten years ago. My parents had moved not long after I left so I had no real reason to come back. I didn’t really want to be here now, but I had made promises that I needed to keep. I was in town for my ten year class reunion. That wasn’t entirely true. I was here to see my friends, especially Jeff. Jeff had been my best friend in high school, and we had almost dated. We decided that since we were going to colleges that were so far from each other that we would ...
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