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Submitted to Contest #100
bright yellow shirt, I was working in the University of South Florida bookstore cafe, serving up Caramel Macchiatos and Vanilla Bean Frappuccinos to book-toting college kids.Phil was one of those kids.He ordered a grande Java Chip Frappuccino from me that day, forever insisting I didn't blend the drink well enough. He also insists I flashed him a smile, like I knew this was the start of something big.It was.We'd bond over burritos and quarter beers at Tijuana Flats the next few months, him staring longingly and me trying to deny we were mean...
When we hear cliched expressions of romance like, “I don’t care where we go. As long as we are together, we are happy,” it’s natural to roll eyes in response. What if those lines get uttered by an octogenarian to the love of her life? To further change things up, how about if both belonged to the same gender? A lack of understanding from society lasting decades, masquerading as hate and fear, caused two women — Pat Henschel and Terry Donahue — to lie to the world about their relationship. The coming-out tale of these two octogenarians is wha...
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