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Three-Minute Fiction: Rainy Wedding()  

Rose with wedding rings.

May 20, 2012 She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally, decided to walk through the door. Her son lay dying on the other side, his blue, pale skin in stark contrast to the bright red blanket on his bed. His gray eyes looked at her dully as she entered the room.

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Three-Minute Fiction: Overdue()  

Penne pasta.

May 19, 2012 She closed the book, placed it on the table, and, finally, decided to walk through the door. We didn't talk about her, after she left. It was as though her absence, painted gray against the vacated chair, took on a permanence of its own. A relic of her being that prevented any discussion, any mention, of her lack.

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Three-Minute Fiction: No Way Back()  

Door bell.

May 19, 2012 She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally, decided to walk through the door. The sticky Georgia heat almost drove her back onto the worn motel carpeting. Back into hesitancy. But Annie reached across the threshold and pulled the door shut with unaccustomed intention.

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Three-Minute Fiction

Three-Minute Fiction: Like Characters In A Book()  

Woman dreaming.

May 17, 2012 She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally, decided to walk through the door. As simple as that. The only memory I have of her is the book, always holding the book. No one knows where she went, or if they do, they don't want to tell me.

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Three-Minute Fiction

Three-Minute Fiction: The First Table()  

A cup of coffee on a wooden table.

May 17, 2012 "She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally, decided to walk through the door." This moment would now be frozen in time. Her head still swayed and her eyes still clouded with tears. Her mind swirled with a million thoughts as she shivered with the gravity of what had just occurred.

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The Two-Way

'All About Family': Listeners' Stories On Living In Multigenerational Households()  

"This is me and my grandma, May Lee, who is turning 105 in June. I live with her and my aunt so I can help take care of her. I also have a blog with a friend all about our grandmas!"

May 14, 2012 One listener, caring for the 92-year-old mother, says it's about family not money, nor politics.

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