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Submitted to Contest #222
Mentor in an unexpected place It was the summer of 1982 at the heart of small-town Cobleskill, NY. And me and my sister were up at the crack of dawn, dreams of dollar signs in our eyes. We were sure the entire town would be showing up like gangbusters to buy our rocks. We set up our display on our front lawn, me, 8 years old, and Roberta, my sister, 6 years old. I mean, we had given up an entire summer day of playing to put our hard work into this. And it was such a beautiful day, one of the perfect ones that was not to hot ...
Submitted to Contest #221
Being haunted As my husband Ben lay on the couch, I was filled with only bitterness and anger towards him. I had watched as he fell further and further into depression. At first, I had been sympathetic, but as time went on, it got worse and worse. As far as I was concerned, he was busy ruining my life too in the process. He lay on the couch, sleeping, sad and miserable. He stopped being a husband and a father. He said things like, “Why can’t I just die?”...
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