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Submitted to Contest #227
Standing by the window, I listen to the wind and watch as it twirls the snow upwards reliving the moment of the first snowfall of the season. Holding a hot cocoa close to my body I can feel the warmth which sweeps away the chill. I remember days gone by! My childhood, the frost on the windows, the longing for my mother’s arms to hold me and take the chill from my body. There was no cocoa, no heat, just a chill that never went away until my mother’s arms held me close and made me warm again. The winter nights were cold, and we children woul...
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