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Faced With Change

Submitted to Contest #284

   “Gus! Gus, I got a telegram for you!” Thirteen year old Buckley Shawson came running up with the piece of mail in his hand. He had recently gotten the job of delivering the mail that arrived on the new train passing through their small village, and this was the first time he had been able to deliver anything to his own family. He handed the note to his older brother and held his breath expectantly.Gus carefully unfolded the note and scanned its content. He was silent for a long while.Buckley had grown very quiet beside him ...

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THE CHRISTMAS BUG

Submitted to Contest #284

Janice had lived in Salt Lake City, Utah her whole life. She had been truly happy. Never had she thought she'd leave life as she knew it behind. Last year Janice's entire life was torn apart. She found out, in the most horrible way, her husband, Jeff and best friend, Joy, had been cheating on her for a few years. The sight she saw, when she came home from work early, was burned into her mind forever. She never knew it was possible to be in that much pain. After an ugly divorce, Janice saw no reason to stay in Salt Lake City. Everywhere she...

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Christmas Done Different

Submitted to Contest #284

It was Christmas Eve. While the adults ate, the kids played a game with a box of crayons Peter had taught them. It was called What If I Ruled the World? It was a simple concept but a challenging game. A crayon box could represent the countries of the world. I am sure there is a size to accommodate all those countries. Once they figure out that part, the children sort the countries based on their neighbouring countries. The team breaks down the resources into understandable items and begins the game. Once the resources are allocated, bargaini...

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Down the Proverbial Rabbit Hole

Submitted to Contest #284

Prompt: Write a story that includes the line “I should have known better.”Down the Proverbial Rabbit HoleI consider myself to be a passionate person reveling in the opportunities to express my inner self. Right away one may think I am a painter, or a sculptor, or a musician. Frankly, it is none of those because my paintings look like stick figures made by preschoolers. Certainly not a sculptor because my objects end up as masses of clay as though they were formed by a ninety-five-year old with arthritic hands. And by...

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Where's My Baby Jesus?

Submitted to Contest #284

Prompt: Center the story around a character spending their first holiday alone.Where’s My Baby Jesus?The rain was pouring down like a waterfall as I peered outside the window of my rickety bamboo hut. No one would guess this was a few days before Christmas. Being in the tropics had its advantages, but this time of year I was at a loss to find any. There were no decorations inside my spacious tropical villa. Nor were there any in the tiny, remote village I was stationed at in the Fijian Islands. My first year of ...

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A Gift Like No Other

Submitted to Contest #284

Prompt: Write about someone who receives a gift or message that changes their life forever.A Gift Like No Other I never thought an actual person would be considered a gift. But that is what God does. His gifts are seen and unseen. If I had to guess, more of His gifts come from real people and less from receiving physical objects. In my life one such person became my gift to me. The unique thing about this gift is it unfolded into a true love story where she became my heroine.  Her name was Karen.  We w...

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The Box

Submitted to Contest #284

The BoxEveryone will tell you that they are in a "better place". I mean, it is true really. Being up high in the heavens with our Lord and Savior is a better place than here on the Earth. But that does not take away the pressing ache in my chest, or the overwhelming tears that fall along my cheeks at just the thought of you. It is December and it is the first time in nearly fifteen years it is snowing so close to Christmas."It's going to be white Christmas Babe." I whisper while gazing out the tall picture window of our bedroom.I pull down t...

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The Light in the Silence

Submitted to Contest #283

Lina had always been fond of the principles of mathematics, which is why it wasn't just the numbers that made her enjoy math, but also the music, harmony, and rhythm that mathematics possessed. It wasn’t just a tool to help her navigate through life; it was a way to communicate, to discover the meaning of the universe. To Lina, solving problems wasn’t about coming up with the right answer; it was about the thrill of the search, about finding order out of chaos. But life, as it often does, had a way of introducing challenges that disrupt even...

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Where the Cranes Fly

Submitted to Contest #284

TWs: Terminal illness, Abuse, Depression, Language The sky wept, restless. Stadium bulbs clunked on, hospital eyes in the black. Daron and I stood at center field, rolling ankles, necks, sleeking water from our faces, hair – readying for kickoff. We shouldn’t have ever met – the age between us too great. But Daron was a prodigy, the only freshman to make the varsity soccer team. I shivered, turning in the dying light as we waited for the ref. For the briefest moment I saw Daron in my periphery as if catching my pale shape in a mirror: narrow...

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I Wasn't Expecting That: A Story of God's Faithfulness in the Unexpected

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...

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Whispers of Grace

Submitted to Contest #283

For the last few months, every time someone asks how I’m doing, I force a smile and say, “I’m doing good.” But I see the way their eyebrows twitch, how their eyes linger on my face, silently asking for something more. It’s like speaking a different language—one where “good” never really means good.My friends aren’t much better. They keep asking, “How’s the family holding up?” and I nod and say, “We’re doing good.” Yet their silence always stretches a beat too long, as if they’re waiting for a crack in my composure—tears, anger, anything that...

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The Christmas Date

Submitted to Contest #283

It all started with a phone introduction from a mutual friend. I agreed to go on a date with a tall, young man from my department. He was my senior but not directly in my team, so I didn’t have any HR concerns. I had heard that he was a Christian, and as a practising Catholic, I didn’t see any issue in dating a Pentecostal man. This was our first date— a Christmas date, to be exact. On Christmas Day 2015,  I slipped into my white V-neck shirt, which hugged my chest just right, and paired it with a jean skirt that clung to my hips before...

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Carl and Catherine's First Christmas Together

Submitted to Contest #283

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.&...

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A Profound Effect

Submitted to Contest #283

He was 91 and healthy as a horse. Despite his advanced age, his mind and body were in excellent condition. He lived with his wife of 35 years, whom he could no longer stand or tolerate. His great-granddaughter, her friend, and their two children lived with him. They were supposed to make his meals and take care of whatever he needed while they were at home from work. Nobody understood the stress that Frances lived under daily. His wife told him that if he truly loved her, he would stay home and help her get out of bed to go to the washroom a...

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To Whom Shall We Go

Submitted to Contest #282

“I hope that there is not an eternity. It would be too much to bear. My life is fine with what I have here, what more can I ask for? My bathroom floors are heated. My car self drives. I order my food through an application on my phone. I keep family time to a minimum, only visiting the ones I approve of. I’m busy. I’m incredibly busy. There’s a lot I have to do on this earth, I make sure to make time for my friends and for the activities that give me joy. I eat three square meals a day and exercise regularly. I wake up at the same time every...

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