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Submitted to Contest #315
He was the most beautiful baby I’d ever seen. He was born on May 9, 1961. His eyes were stunningly blue, and his thin strands of hair were white. He was my first child, and while holding him on my lap, I was overcome with emotion. I never knew I could love someone so much. I waited with the nurse in a wheelchair outside the hospital for my husband to bring the car around. I was looking forward to going home since the nurses took my baby boy away from me to bring him to the nursery a lot. “Sleep now, you won’t get any rest after you go home,"...
Submitted to Contest #313
The smell of gunpowder fills my nose as I regain consciousness. My ears are ringing. There’s a warm dampness on my head, and it’s moving down my forehead, face, and neck. I take a deep breath in, and a shooting pain hits my right side, so I take in some shallow breaths. I slowly open my eyes and blink hard. For a few seconds, I don’t recognize that I’m still in the car, and the airbags have been deployed. I try to get some of the moisture out of my eyes by blinking fast, crunching up my cheeks and mouth. I don’t want to use my hands since th...
Submitted to Contest #311
I remember when life took on the unexpected. I wasn’t looking for love and companionship, but there it was, right in front of me one day. My life was good, and I was pretty happy, or at least I thought I was until then. It’s remarkable how a person can go through life without realizing something is missing. Maybe that’s just how we’re programmed—to adjust to whatever circumstances we’re in. To make normal what is abnormal.I was the youngest of four girls, raised by a single mom. We lived in a two-bedroom apartment with one bathroom. Yes, wit...
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