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Sophie Parmaby

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After The Goodbye

Submitted to Contest #335

Soft music enveloped me. My shoulders relaxed. Salut D’Amour by Elgar played on the speakers of the church. I wasn’t particularly religious and neither was my family, yet I found myself in a church surrounded by family and friends. Everyone was bunched up in clusters. I saw my mom crying. A couple of other people too. I walked over to them to listen in. “We are here for you,” I heard one of my mom’s friends say while stroking her shoulder. I heard her promise to bring her dinners. My mom just nodded, strangely quiet considering how much she ...

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