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Weekly Contest #361
The funny thing about summer is that everyone knows it's temporary maybe that's why we try so hard to make every day unforgettable. Every June, my family packed the car until there wasn't an inch of space left, towels were stuffed in between EVERY single one of our suitcase. The beach chairs were on top of coolers and my little brother always insisted on bringing enough toys to build an entire city out of sand. Every June, we drove to the same beach town most people would probably call it forgettable. It had one grocery store, an old ice cre...
Content warning: This story contains themes of grief, hospitalisation and emotional distress. The waiting room of the hospital never stopped feeling like yesterday. They told me to wait, so I never left. That leather chair is now stitched with my name on it, “Heather”. My foot is cramping, and my eyes have forgotten how to see what's in front of them, lost in a moment that never learned how to end. I don't care about the rumbles on my stomach, or the bugs crawling up my legs, as if I were a dead body. The days keep getting longer, the mornin...
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