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Submitted to Contest #324
Two hundred eighty miles doesn’t seem like much until you’re leaving home with no return date. Then it feels like a world away. We traveled in a small caravan: two cars packed to the brim with blankets, toys, and kitchen staples — the small things that might make our temporary apartment feel like home for our five-year-old son. We’d rented it sight unseen, out of necessity. It cost the same as our house payment, but that was a worry for another day.As the mountains faded in the rearview mirror, silence settled between us. Every mile forward ...
Submitted to Contest #323
The phone rang, and I tried to calm my racing heart. I am a planner and an organizer. I can fix anything given enough time to research, plan, and execute. But this phone call was about to prove one thing for certain: some things you just can’t fix.As my husband slid his phone between us and hit answer, we braced for impact. The doctor on the other end of the line confirmed our worst fear. Our son had Duchenne muscular dystrophy.The previous week, our son had been sedated for an MRI and several blood draws. Holding him as they sedated him, fe...
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