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Submitted to Contest #324
I was drowning in deep waters, waiting to be rescued. Or rather, I was waiting for someone to come and rescue me. Someone to see me sinking in the dark sea of despair, formed by my own tears and to offer me a helping hand. Nothing was breaking the endless line of my horizon, though.A few years before reaching 50, I felt that the moment I had been waiting for, one of relief and well-being, the time when I would eventually find myself again, after years of caring for my husband, my family, my friends and colleagues, and I would do what I reall...
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