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Weekly Contest #233
I used to think I deserved it – I’d convinced myself, really. Mornings were for coffee: a dash of cream and that warm, sunrise hug filling my favorite cup. That has always been enough for me at 6 AM. Watching the pink sky give way to blue, hearing my boys yawn and sneak out of their beds, all with perfect mental clarity. Work, school, afternoon obligations have always been happily saturated in water or a cup of lemon tea. It was evenings that called for something stronger. Like clockwork, from Monday to Friday, I’d step over th...
Weekly Contest #161
The same old cliché rings heavy in my ears: I never wanted to become my mother. Lucky for me I’ve managed to shake off her selfish indifference to anything and everything that isn’t directly related to her dogs, and have used that notion to raise my very human children with love, compassion, and focus, from skinned knees to the inevitable question: “Mommy, what happens when we die?” We were close once, before I was a fully developed person with my own opinions, some that differed from her own. That’s where things got hairy. I’m a probl...
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