Beckie O'Neill

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“The Color of Awe” by Beckie O'Neill

Submitted to Contest #32

The Color of Aweby Beckie O'Neill “It’s a girl!” Meg said to the couple who lived deep in the Adirondacks. The mother’s face was flushed, blonde hair matted from perspiration and pressure on the pillow. Ray, who helped catch their newborn, handed his wife their crying, naked miracle. Jackie peered into her infant’s gray eyes which suddenly turned sky blue then back to gray. She had heard that because fetuses live in darkness their eyes, upon birth, are gray or blue and eventually change color but over months, not seconds, and certainly no...

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Please note: the capital "N" in O'Neill, thank you. Beckie O’Neill is a writer, yoga instructor and photographer. Her written work has appeared in Orion Magazine, The International Journal of Yoga Therapists, Third Wednesday – A Literary & Arts Journal, and Northern Exploring. She is a contributing writer for Lake Champlain Weekly and Northern Home Garden & Leisure. O’Neill was awarded an Anne LaBastille Writer’s Residency through the Adirondack Center for Writing.