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Weekly Contest #341
Life was good in May 2008. After four decades of teaching high school English, I eagerly anticipated the new adventures that would surely characterize retirement. I envisioned traveling to out-of-the-way places, publishing my first novel, and reconnecting with old friends. That all changed with my 26-year-old daughter’s diagnosis of stage four colon cancer. Within a few days of the devastating news, I packed up my old minivan, left my Colorado home and friends, and headed to Newark, Ohio, to help her through twenty-six rounds of chemotherapy...
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