Patricia Stankovic

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“CUTTING THE UMBILICAL HEART STRINGS” by Patricia Stankovic

Submitted to Contest #255

My son Erik hasn’t texted for a while. I’m not worried. I’ll hear something soon. He and his girlfriend, Kelly—has it already been a year?—are super busy at college. Studying, socializing, you know. There’s always something fun and interesting going on. Parties. I’m so glad I’d suggested Erik apply to schools in a warm climate. And, otherwise, he wouldn’t have met her. I smile, picturing the two of them holding hands, walking to class under the palm trees in their shorts and t-shirts. I remember those days. Exce...

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Lifelong writer. Neurodivergence Champion. Author/Photographer, "Boys Named Sue," JWC Media; Co-creator, "The Making of a Dream," a documentary short film; and Flash Fiction Finalist at Women on Writing. Her work has appeared in The Evanston Round Table, The Evanston Review (The Chicago Tribune), About Write, the Daily Northwestern, and EVTV Channel 6. She serves on the Board of Directors for Evanston Writer’s Workshop. She is currently writing her debut novel (under a pen name) about a troubled, teenaged boy searching for love as he travels across the United States with his other-minded Grandma.