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Submitted to Contest #284
It’s too hot for it to be Christmas. The temperature has been in the steady sixties for the past two weeks, and the recent misty rain has set quite an oppressive mood. My son has done a rather good job of hanging up some multicolored string lights along the corners of the room. It is wonderful to see the joy and color return to his face after seeing his once brown, unkempt hair start losing its color. Between him consistently asking me everyday if I’ve taken my blood pressure pills and my Namza-whatsit, and his expecting wife, I'm surp...
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