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Tightrope of Her Abandon

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Written on May 20, 2025

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for contest on the word, abandon

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Hebrews 13:5 “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (fiction like a chocolate chip cookie - with morsels of truth) he left my mother, when I was just a child she was left broken, with fearless abandon lessons came in many forms, often quite mild melting into heart’s war she knew she’d land in struggling to see the good in this rejection knowing these are feelings she will soon stand in leaving, without a grasp of lost affection he wasn’t empathetic to her gentle soul it seems he never valued their connection abandoned by the love that made her heart whole she struggled through the pain, starved of any hope recalling, faith would lead her toward her goal assured that someday she’d learn just how to cope after she’d walked this road, almost a tightrope

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Date: 5/26/2025 4:49:00 AM
Whoa!! Sad one here. So many women and some men end up with the loss of their partner for one or another which is so hard on the whole family. For someone to seem to not care is gut-retching. Congratulations on this winner. Way to go. Sara K
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Date: 5/24/2025 10:40:00 AM
- Congratulations on your win in the contest "Abandon", Gina :) - hugs
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