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Submitted to Contest #100
It is Christmas Eve and Nichole is putting the finishing touches on the Christmas ham with her mother Rosa. "It looks like Dad's family recipe has done it again. It looks beautiful. He would be so proud of us.", Nichole says. Rosa sighs and looks out the kitchen window, "I know. It is still hard for me to believe your father has been gone for three years now. But the ham looks delicious, and I know he would not mind if I just cut the tiniest slice off the end here." Nichole gives her mother a side eye. Rosa grabs a knife off the ...
Submitted to Contest #36
Sunday, November 20, 2011I started my period today. 4 days earlier than last month. This is day 2 of my 3-day cleanse and it's going okay. No weight loss yet. Would love to weigh 110 pounds by Christmas which is a little over a month away. Started roller skating again so we'll see. I mostly feel disgusted with myself for not working out consistently over this past year but with my mother living with us, it's been a real challenge for me. Looking extremely forward to the day when she moves out!Thursday, January 12, 2012I started my period tod...
Martha grabbed her keys and hit the button to raise the garage door. She couldn’t believe she had overslept and moreover that John, her husband hadn’t bothered to wake her. Perhaps she shouldn’t have had that third glass of Merlot with her chocolate cake last night. But despite her heavy drinking, the night before, Martha wasn’t nursing her typical hangover headache even though she couldn’t recall taking any aspirin.  Still, it was so unlike her to oversleep and as Martha backed down the driveway, she prayed she hadn’t missed the b...
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