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  • They had found my old school papers and were so disappointed. My maps were all colored in shades of green. I did them over to make everyone happy, thinking carefully about selecting a variety of colors. I could not name all the states. I tried to label them and just frustrated myself.

  • She was going to have the baby tonight. She was very poor and they didn't care much. While the women changed clothes and washed their hands they left her on the bed in the corner moaning. No one explained anything to her. I wanted to soothe her but I was not really there.