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Submitted to Contest #303
The Party I Didn’t Chooseby Candy Tedford I didn’t have a choice.It was happening with or without me.Turning ten, I mean.People kept saying, “Double digits! That’s so exciting!” and “You’re practically a pre-teen now!” as if I’d just won some sparkly award. But I didn’t feel excited. I felt…nine. Perfectly, completely nine.Nine-year-olds don’t have to do fractions.Nine-year-olds can still eat dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets.Nine-year-olds don’t get blamed for stuff like cake disasters.Ten? Ten sounded suspiciously like trouble.Mom had this v...
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