/u/Outside_Normal's posts in /r/TwoSentenceSadness

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"For the last time, this number is reserved for emergencies only."

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After nearly twenty-three straight hours of surgery, the entire surgical team all sank to floor, utterly spent.

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I was numbly aware of the mother's wails, seemingly echoed by the distant sirens approaching the scene of the accident, only reacting when the belligerent father snatched the phone from my hands.

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No parent should ever have to bury their child, let alone their grandchild.

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My ailing mother told me she was so happy to see me safely home from war she could now die in peace.

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I told the detective I didn't know why victim-shaming comments, like "you asked for it" and "you deserve it", were scrawled all over my daughter's dorm room when she disappeared.

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Losing herself to the music, forgetting all her troubles and woes, she got up to dance.

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I simply asked "You OK, OP?" and, before long, they began unloading all their trauma, trials and tribulations.

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Like Eurydice, she strode soundlessly behind me with silent footsteps but undeniably there.

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I saw my mother sneak out of the broom closet with one of the judges, both looking disheveled.

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
"For the last time, this number is reserved for emergencies only."	632
After nearly twenty-three straight hours of surgery, the entire surgical team all sank to floor, utterly spent.	625
I was numbly aware of the mother's wails, seemingly echoed by the distant sirens approaching the scene of the accident, only reacting when the belligerent father snatched the phone from my hands.	616
No parent should ever have to bury their child, let alone their grandchild.	582
My ailing mother told me she was so happy to see me safely home from war she could now die in peace.	522
I told the detective I didn't know why victim-shaming comments, like "you asked for it" and "you deserve it", were scrawled all over my daughter's dorm room when she disappeared.	515
Losing herself to the music, forgetting all her troubles and woes, she got up to dance.	507
I simply asked "You OK, OP?" and, before long, they began unloading all their trauma, trials and tribulations.	468
Like Eurydice, she strode soundlessly behind me with silent footsteps but undeniably there.	429
I saw my mother sneak out of the broom closet with one of the judges, both looking disheveled.	426