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Michelle Renee Kidwell
9 min readDec 13, 2021

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Broken Beginnings: Chapter Twenty Nine (Final Revisions. Maybe)

Chapter Twenty Nine:



Thursday: November.22.2018





Happy Thanksgiving!







Today is Thanksgiving and today we have a reason to celebrate just as we do every year, but the fact that I almost did not make it to this Thanksgiving, I had nearly died, but I had made it , I had survived what should have killed me. But G-d had other plans and today was certainly a day to be thankful.





Mother and I were preparing a meal for the four of us, we were going to the hospital so we could share it with Naomi and Katarina. There would be plenty of food that Nadia could eat, so she was going to be okay there.







I missed the celebrations we had when Bobe was light, the big dinner. The way we would read from the Bible, and the stories Bobe would tell. We still had a wonderful meal, and read from the Bible, but I certainly missed the stories Bobe told, the way she had talked about how grateful she was, that she and a cousin had survived.







Mother and I had gone shopping for the groceries we would need for shopping. The trip to the store has been a challenging one, ones that would remind me of my limitations. Shelfs to high, things just out of reach, and on occasion looks of pity, but I knew that was from lack of education, lack of understanding. The problem was there’s not mine, and I could not let the actions of a few stop me from living my life.







Early in the morning Mother and I began to…

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Michelle Renee Kidwell
Michelle Renee Kidwell

Written by Michelle Renee Kidwell

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge in the light: Helen Keller http://www.facebook.com/fansofMichellerkidwell

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