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Weekly Contest #347
Okay. Time to make a decision. Life is short; do what you want. Retta used to believe Mom’s advice meant always eating dessert first; Retta loved her sweets, especially anything fragrant, chocolate or marshmallow crème. Those were the halcyon days, she now thought wistfully. Mom crossed over almost 20 years ago; Retta still feels her absence in the hole in her chest she left behind, still misses Mom weekly. “That’s an improvement!” she realized, speaking aloud to the small group of friends gathered in her sunny living room. “I used to miss h...
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