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Submitted to Contest #284
Trigger Warning: Grief, Loss of a loved one, Illness/Cancer Clara sat on the floor of the lounge room in her small apartment, staring at the large container that held the Christmas tree. The container had been sitting in the middle of the lounge room for twenty days—since the 1st of December. For twenty days, she had walked past it, unable to summon the will to pull the lid off and tackle the task within. Finally, she had found the courage to remove the lid, but now, an hour later, she still hadn’t made any progress. Her eyes stared blankly ...
A woman who has always enjoyed writing and reading and is finally finding the confidence to share her work.
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