Ellie Hanke

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“Praying for Tomorrow” by Ellie Hanke

Submitted to Contest #290

(Sensitive Content notes: mentions of weapons and death) We carried her boat as we neared the Yalu River. The Chinese villager spoke to us in broken Korean. He would take Ji’s sick mother to the other side where she would be safe in China. Ever since the outbreak of Tuberculosis in North Korea, there had been a significant lack of treatment for his mother. She hugged her son because she knew she could not take him with her. Though she loved him very much and cared for him...

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