Kelsey Carlson

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“The Year He Left” by Kelsey Carlson

Submitted to Contest #284

I didn’t know this would be the year. The year Dad passed away after battling his disease after all these years. I knew it was getting bad, but I didn’t really process what that would mean when it actually happened. He’s gone, and I have to celebrate the holidays without him. How? All I can think about is the things he loved, him smiling in the chair wearing his Vikings pajamas. Waiting for his favorite foods from grandma. I can’t do it. I pull into my grandparent’s home, where we all gather every holiday, but I can’t. My grandpa is in the w...

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