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monster | an excerpt from the book

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this is what happens when a monster moves in.

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Nov 26, 2024
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the following is an excerpt from the latest draft of my memoir-in-progress, unless a seed, the story of how God used something small to heal my heart in a big way.

This is what happens when a monster moves in.

It starts out small – just a tiny, baby thing with a couple of dull teeth poking through its gums. Claws too small to break skin. A thin layer of fur the texture of velvet.

When it yawns, it’s almost cute.

You don’t believe it can do any real harm, so you let it curl up somewhere in your ribcage to take a nap. Most of the time you forget it’s even there.

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