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Submitted to Contest #283
I Wasn't Expecting That Hope Bend was a small town in South Carolina that mirrored many small towns depicted in movies. It was a town where everyone knew everyone else. Men still played board games outside the general store, which was still named The General Store. Children still rode their bikes around in their neighborhoods, visiting with friends until the street lights came on, and unsupervised for the most part. One of Hope Bend's most well-known landmarks was the old country church. The church was founded in 1885. The church steeple sto...
Carl and Catherine stood outside the store window. The Christmas display was mesmerizing. The twinkling lights and the bright red, green, gold, and blue ornaments sparkled such that Carl and Catherine couldn't take their eyes off them. "Someday, our Christmas decorations will look like this," Catherine sighed. "Someday," Carl agreed, "but we don't need fancy decorations to have a great Christmas, you know." "I know, but still, it would be nice someday." Catherine thought of their tiny little tree back at their apartment.&...
Submitted to Contest #282
This story contains sensitive content involving hard life situations and may be unsuitable for younger readers. Jenny sat near the front of the church, staring at the altar. The heaviness of grief that weighed on her shoulders was nearly unbearable. Her eyes burned from the tears, and her chest hurt as if her grief had sucked all the air right out of her lungs. Her mother, Ruth, had been her biggest fan, her most expressive cheerleader in life, her one constant source of steadiness in a life already rich in hardship. &nbs...
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