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I was at my boyfriend's parent's house, we had just had lunch...
I was approximately 14-15 years old, in a summer camp and we were playing a game, which I thought innocuous at that time (a monitor even took part) but which, in fact, is really fatal (a variant of the ‘scarf’s game’ which takes a tragic turn in playgrounds)...
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I was only twelve and was at a slumber party...
The pushbike rapidly gathered momentum as I pedaled hard down the hill...
I am 42 now and my experience occurred, as I was about 16 – 17...
It was back in High School...
I lived in Zimbabwe, Africa and was driving back to boarding school with my cousin in the front passenger seat and two friends in the rear of the vehicle...
Every time I begin to tell the story one more time I am grasped by the numbness I seem to feel...
I was driving to work at night and it was sleeting and raining heavily...
I was swimming in a pool, with a friend...
Ten days after the birth of our second child, my husband and I had a planned evening for just the two of us...
I was sleeping and dreaming...
