It's not all bleak...
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Author's Reedsy Page: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/mary-sheehan/
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This story was submitted for Contest #106 on Reedsy.com in response to: "Start or end your story with a character noticing the beauty in something they've seen hundreds of times."
The author granted me permission to read their story on this podcast.
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