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Waiting on Family
February 25, 2007 in 299 Words, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, novels, Poetry, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Disappointment, Family, Hospital, Mercy, Sadness | by davidbdale | 12 comments
Once I bought the dog, there was no turning back. Even a get-well beanie-baby from the hospital gift shop becomes an imperative for me: he must now be delivered to the woman who shared Mom’s hospital room, even though Mom’s already home and I’m just here to get test results.
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February 21, 2007 in 299 Words, Family, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Literature, novels, Poetry, reading, Short stories, Stories, Very Short Novels, Writing | Tags: Death, Family, Father, Loss, Son, Tragedy, Youth | by davidbdale | 7 comments
This car is too big for our abbreviated family. Dad drives and I sit in the back where he can see me, as if I would budge, just the two of us since the accident that cut us in half. Beside him is empty. Beside me too.
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