<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">This is very effective. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">It’s a real heart grabber. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Cudos.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Cleora 20 20<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">The Lonely Room<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">By C. S. Boyd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Charles turned the key in the lock to the twin's
former bedroom for the first time in 47 years and pushed open the door. A
rocking horse stood silent and still just inside. Tears welled up in Helens
eyes and spilled down her cheeks. . She turned her head and sobbed into his
shoulder. Charles wrapped his arm around her as he stared forlornly into the
room.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">An open book lay on the end of the bed waiting
for Charlene to return and continue reading. What was that book, he wondered,
but he didn’t go over and pick it up.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">He remembered like it was yesterday how he had
told Charlene to come on, the book would still be there when they got back. The
horse continuing to rock gently following Charlie jumping off and running past
them to get int the car. Charlene had reluctantly slid off the bed and followed
them out.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">It was supposed to be a quick trip to the
filling station to service the car before Helen left to go visit her Mom. On
the way, a truck plowed into the back end of their vehicle throwing Charlie out
through the passenger side window and Charlene over the front seat and into the
windshield. Emergency vehicle personnel revived Charlie in the ambulance, but
he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. during the chaos that
followed, the room was forgotten.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">This is very effective, thus far. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">But I wonder if it could not be made even vetter
by somehow <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">taking each part of that experienfe and
separating it from the others. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Perhaps, even adding some words to deepen the
trajedy of the experience. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Justthe separation would do that. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Two weeks later, Charlene was taken off life
support; the room door closed and locked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Charles raised his hand to stroke Helen’s hair.
“Are you sure there is nothing you want to take with us to the home?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">What home are you referring to? Did Hellen
suffer injuries that necessitated her going to live in a protective environment?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Hellen nodded her head against his shoulder.
“I’m sure,” she said, her whisper barely audible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">“Okay,” He said, and Together they turned and
left the lonely room behind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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