Billy and Mary-Contest
Billy and Mary had the most beautiful love
story.
It was like something you read in a book or
seen in a movie.
They were next-door neighbors and best
friends.
Each milestone in life was made with each
other.
They knew each other all of their lives and
they both were the only child.
Billy and Mary attended the same elementary,
middle and high school.
The town that they grew up in was small and
everyone knew each other.
She was the head cheerleader, and he was the
captain of the football team at the local high
school.
They were voted King and Queen for three years
in a row.
By senior year they were inseparable and madly
in love.
After graduation, they went to the same college.
Billy got a scholarship to play football, and Mary
got into the nursing program.
Billy was headed to NFL until he broke his shoulder
in two places.
On that day, his dream of playing pro shattered.
So he took courses to become a coach, If he wasn't
able to play football anymore, he was determined to
invest in a young player that had his former dreams.
Mary finished nursing school, and they married the
following year.
They wanted to have a family, but it didn't come easy.
The couple had three miscarriages within the first
few years of marriage.
When they found out, they were pregnant the fourth
time, she had to go on bed rest.
They were elated when was in her third trimester.
But when she was seven months, she experienced
unbearable cramps.
Billy rushed her to the hospital and she was told that
she had to deliver the baby.
She was scared for herself and her child;Larry held and
comforted her while she was in active labor, it was touch
and go.
Then suddenly her vital signs started to falter; and she
started hemorrhaging.
They told Billy to leave; he was in shock;The team of
doctors did all they could to save her; She didn't make
it, and neither did her child. It left poor Billy, a widower
and childless at the tender age of twenty-three.
Contest:Break My Heart, Why Don't Cha
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
02/05/2021
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