Chrissy Linn About Me Page at Helium

My passion is ...

Creativity

I know too much about ...

Anesthesia billing

My parents always told me ...

Marry someone rich

My childhood ambition ...

to train tigers

Why I write ...

Because it's cheaper than drugs

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading Javier Marias, 'A Heart So White'

My first job ...

Haunted House worker. Boo!

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My father: 22 of 140

"How Do You Spell "Cancer"?" I was sick that morning. It was chilly and overcast while I waited outside. My mother told me that my Aunt Karen would pick me up soon, so I paced around in front of the apartment's back patio. We were quiet in the car ride to the hospital, save for my occasional sniffling. My nose was running and I kept wiping snot onto my long sleeve. Oh gosh, I thought to myself. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm crying. My mother didn't mention that my father wasn't conscious. Walking through the lobbies and hallways of the hospital, I expected to see him sitting up in the b...
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