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A Time in My Life When I Felt Most Loved
Number 24 of Keeley’s February Writing Challenge
Geez. I don’t feel loved. Well, not usually. If someone does something special for me, I might feel loved then. When Keeley visited me when I was in the hospital for 5 weeks every second or third day and took my dirty clothes home to wash and brought me clean ones, I did feel loved then. None of my other 4 children living in Brisbane did that — and they wonder why she’s the favourite.
Oh, yesterday at my mother’s funeral, I had to sit with my brothers and sisters in the front row. Keeley and Caelin sat somewhere behind me. When we came out of the chapel, Caelin ran up to me and put his arms around my legs and hugged me tight.
Right at the moment, I felt loved!
I hope the rest of you can feel loved. Maybe I’m loved and I’m just incapable of feeling it.
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