The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

Tag: peace

  • The Pain and the Peacefulness

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    by

    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I woke up with the worst sore throat I’ve ever had in my life. I felt like I was choking on a pine cone. Swallowing sent brutal pain through my throat, and yet I couldn’t seem to make my mouth stop swallowing. I lay in a cold sweat, my muscles aching. Too sick to get…