calwinters's 100-word story for May 25, 2025

calwinters wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 25, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

When I think back truly think back not glance over my shoulder but turn and peer unwavering into the past I can see where the chill began where it took hold became a part of me began to steer me kept me from feeling It was a moment unlike any other a crystallized event in time so significant that it changed my entire future altered every part of my being diverted the path to where I am now and as tragic as it was had it not happened I wouldn’t be here because it was the moment I was born.

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