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Weekly Contest #40
It all began very early on the morning of March 15 when I got a phone call from my nineteen- year-old daughter. Kim needed her mom. Desperately needed me. Hysterically needed me. She was being admitted to the hospital. She was 700 miles away. And she was nine months pregnant! Let me back up here. A few months before this call, Kim and her young husband made the foolish decision to move from St. Louis, Missouri to Anderson, South Carolina. I might have gotten a little hysterical myself, but Kim was perfectl...
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