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Weekly Contest #236
We lived in Tennessee. Despite its obvious beauty, it definitely has its downsides. Tornado warnings, extreme temperatures, some storms. Even so, nothing swayed my parents into changing their minds about this place, especially my dad. They both grew up here, and after my mom died, he didn’t see any reason to leave. To be fair, I didn’t want to leave either. I was only 4 when she passed away, but our house seemed to hold beautiful lost memories of her, and especially remind my dad that everything was going to be okay. May 18, 1998. A t...
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