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Lillian Nelson

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The Great Grocery Giveback

Submitted to Contest #46

Pressing my hands firmly on the bathroom sink, I looked at myself squarely in the eyes. "What do you want from me?" I whispered to myself, fully expecting a response. I couldn't help but feel disgusted with how I had let my drive and need to succeed simply slide off the rails. At one point I was my family's "golden girl." I was an academic, a thinker, a writer, and a wonderful oddball. Tears began to pour from my eyes and down into my open mouth. Sobbing with an open mouth was my norm but I was always sure to do it silently. I would ne...

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