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Saturday Startle

February 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

6:50am. On a Saturday morning. And the phone is ringing. This can’t be good. I stumble out of bed to find the phone, answer it with a muffled hello and hear my father’s voice on the other end.
Did I wake you?
Yeah, but that’s okay. What’s up?
Mom’s in the hospital again.
What happened?
She had a perforated [...]