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Weekly Contest #358
Growing up without being exposed to any form of religion, I often thought about how the world came to be. How did we get here? Is the story of Adam and Eve real? Or did dinosaurs rule the earth? No matter what you believe, we all come from a line of those who came before us. We are all tapestries of our ancestors woven together by love. I ponder on this thought as I sit across from my parents at the table in silence – the brown eyes I inherited from my mother and the curvature of my hands identical to my father’s. When I was ten, I kneeled b...
Nobody believed in me. That was their first mistake. I was sixteen years old and scared when I was admitted to the psych ward for the first time. I don’t remember too much about this time of my life because of how much energy I put into keeping myself alive. The strange thing about falling apart is how together you can look. Sometimes it doesn’t even have a look at all. It was routine for me to wake up, put on a smile and go to work. I can’t even remember where I was supposed to be on this day, but whatever my responsibility was, it was way...
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