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Mary

"She walked aimlessly down the street towards the cafe. Her mom was in the check-out line of the nearby grocery store. It was a cold December night in their small town.  'Pregnant'.  That was the word that was echoing in her mind over and over again. She walked by the brightly lit shops, seeing but not seeing the colorful displays and sale signs. The doctor had confirmed her month-long suspicions earlier that day. She thought about her mom and dad. They were an ordinary family. Mom worked part-time at the Christian elementary school near their house and her dad was an engineer with a construction firm. Both of them were hard-working and had raised their children to work hard as well. She had two siblings - a sister, and a brother and she was the oldest of the three. She was a 'good girl' by every societal standard: straight A student, never skipped classes, sang in the church choir, volunteered at local charities, never stayed out past her curfew, never went t...
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Tamar

      "She skipped as she walked along the path with her mother. She was about 9 years old at that time and it was the summer holidays. She was starting at a new school in the Fall, a bigger, more prestigious school and had to prepare for their difficult interview processes. So mother and daughter were on their way to her tutor's house. Walking that path with her mother was one of their traditions, one that she treasured . Her mother would always drop her to the tutor's home, and promise to come back in an hour to pick her up after the session. Her tutor was a kind boy. He had just graduated high school, and was at his parents house for the holidays before the start of university.  His mother was usually home during their tutoring sessions and  sometimes  the mothers would chat while the boy tutored her. They had been lucky to find someone who was free over the summer holidays in their small town. Her parents had known the boy's family since he was a li...
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