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**Sorry this story doesn't fit the prompt! But I wanted to put it back on my page!**Today was going to be a good day! I had a date with Tommy and I just bought a new outfit! He was taking me to the fanciest restaurant in town. He promised me he would since he had been late to the last ten dates he promised he’d go to. I love Tommy but sometimes I wish he would say he couldn’t make it. I’d be fine with that, I just don’t want to be waiting on my porch for an hour and then get a call saying he’s not coming. Today I had a feeling he would ...
Submitted to Contest #62
On the day my daughter died, the stars smiled down at me, in their beautiful but sad way. I asked myself how the stars could look so happy on such a sad day, and looked up. It was almost as if they looked back at me, the way a mother looks at her child, comforting, loving, and quiet. The stars kept me going through it all. Even as a young child, I had always loved the stars and how they twinkled in the sky, formed pictures, told stories. I loved how whenever I was feeling down, I could tell myself, “Look, Orion. The stars will come out tonig...
No way, I actually forgot about Reedsy but I guess I'm here momentarily
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