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Submitted to Contest #33
Sometimes, you really don’t want to hear someone else’s story, but then, sometimes you don’t have a choice… We’ll talk about this later. All my life I have hated—maybe even despised—two reoccurring events that would happen to me on a regular basis; happen to most people on a regular basis—getting a haircut and going to the dentist. Not going to the dentist wasn’t an option since I had no desire to be toothless at a young age. At least that’s what my mother told me would happen if I didn’t go. But the haircut thing, now that was different. I ...
Submitted to Contest #31
In 1957, when I grew up, there was a corner grocery store in almost every other block in our neighborhood, and it was quite common for a family to send their eight-year-old son or daughter to get a loaf of bread or half gallon of milk or even a pack of cigarettes—with a note from mom or dad of course. The corner store where I grew up, Wiess’ Grocery, was only a half block from our house. There were nine kids in our family and I was third from the top which meant my chances of going to the store alone were slim. I could go with my brother or...
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