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Weekly Contest #318
We share something special, the girls and I. Janet and Rene first came into my life last February, after a sleetstorm swept over Village Park and left the sidewalk slick and uneven with ice. The year hadn’t started well. I lost my job, then my benefits. Nothing was officially wrong with me—aside from my teeth and bladder.My doctor—chickenshit—never told me plainly. He worked with his eyes down and nose turned up at me, even while giving advice. 2007 was supposed to be my year. Change and progress were in the cards like never before. I found ...
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