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Submitted to Contest #132
"Are you there, God? It's me..." I can remember those words as I cried them, dropping to my knees on the cold bedroom floor. I remember telling him how frightened I was. Saddened by the news of my impending divorce; I knelt in prayer. I was not sad for myself as I had lived nearly ten years with a man that did not know how to show love. I was sad for six children who would rarely see "Daddy." As the enormity of the situation closed in on me, I cried even louder. I could not afford the house that we were soon to buy. I was a high school drop ...
Submitted to Contest #122
Our chimney was made of posterboard so Santa could magically enter our home. That hand drawn brick chimney had worked its magic for years. Popcorn garlands and handmade ornaments adorned our gifted tree. Glittered paper snowflakes were hung across every doorway. We all loved Christmas. Our six children, all under age eleven were anxiously counting the days until it came. What their little hearts did not know is that there was no money; no money for shopping, no money for toys. Their father was a painter and it had been a difficult and slow y...
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