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Weekly Contest #21
It was going to be a difficult Christmas, what with mum no longer with us and my recent separation from my husband. My children were angry and wouldn't talk to me and my ex husband was making life hell. What I really needed was a distraction or something to help keep my mind off my problems. I really needed to have a better Christmas than last year. Last Christmas was a disaster. I didn’t see my children and my ex husband was alienating them from me. They refused to talk to me or even see me. You see I had left the family home 8 months prio...
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