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Weekly Contest #185
"Please, Mom, just let me get rid of it,", I said imploringly as I looked deep into my Mother's fading blue eyes. Throughout my life my parents both liked to unofficially collect things and would always have a great justification why that would be a great thing to hold onto "just in case". Most of those things ended up broken or decayed, but that didn't stop them from holding onto most things they bought or were gifted in their lives. Over time, age and disease took over any rational thought patterns and abilities. We had reached a point i...
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