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Submitted to Contest #130
Rose is what my dad called me when I was little. My name is Willow, so it doesn’t really make sense, but he said that my mother named me willow. He always liked Rose, so nobody calls me Willow, except my aunt, Dad says that she can’t move on. My mom walked out of the picture when I was 6 months old, so I don’t remember her. My dad always said she was a “messed up lady that didn’t think about anybody about herself.” I didn’t blame my mom for leaving, even if all the terrible things dad said about her were true. One year in second gra...
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