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Submitted to Contest #307
I’m not a very brave person, naturally. I’m what they called a “good girl,” a “poor soul,” a “miracle baby.” My mother died in childbirth. I was a C-section, and—like they so often do with Black mothers—the doctors let her die from something as simple as ignoring her blood pressure, despite my dad’s pleas for help.Knowing this growing up made me paranoid about doing anything that could kill me, whether the danger was real or imagined. My dad, with his kind, sad eyes and ever-ready hugs, did not share my fear. He tried fruitlessly to get me o...
Submitted to Contest #305
Content Warning: Story mentions use of illegal alcohol consumption and cults.Every other night, I convinced a room of people that I was whole. I told the room that I was happy, healthy, and always leaning into joy. I didn't tell them that muffins are the only thing that makes me happy, that I hadn't seen a vegetable in weeks, and that when I wasn’t at work I was hiding out in my bed like it was the last island left on earth.Once upon a time, I was one of the people in those chairs. I stretched my eager young body towards whoever the teacher ...
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