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PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Genre: Memoir
Word Count: 100
PUBERTY
We went to Miami Beach the year I turned fourteen.
My first trip to the sea.
I had never seen such a great expanse of water.
The rush of waves crashing against the shore quenched my thirsty ears.
Ultimate peace.
However…
Hormones raged.
Everything went wrong that summer. I didn’t have a Twiggy figure.
My curly hair required constant ironing.
I hated myself and everyone around me.
As the years passed
I worked diligently to make peace with myself.
Water will always be my solace.
Looking back,
I ask myself, if I had it to do over again, would I?
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A bit of a sneak preview. Waiting for the blurb for the back cover.