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Faith Williams

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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"Weighed Down"

I do not know where I came from. One day, I showed up on the doorstep of a family. The authorities thought I was about a year old when I was found. While they attempted to locate my parents, they put me in the foster care system. Thus began my continuous journey moving from one placement to another. As a toddler, I spent much of my time crying. Some days I was continually sobbing, other days outright screaming. I was taken to the doctor several times over the years. Blood was taken, tests were run, questions were asked, but no satisfactory a...

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The Locked Door

Submitted to Contest #130

From the time Raya was a young girl, she was told by the adults that she could be anything. “Anything?” Raya would ask. “Anything,” the adults would say. “Anything you put your mind to. Anything, if you’re willing to work for it.” As many little girls do, Raya believed the adults. They were adults after all. So, Raya would dre...

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