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bpaddock I Want A Do Over
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bpaddock Updated based on Bridge Writing Work shop.
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 There are several days in my life that I'd like a “do over” for. There are several days in my life that I'd like a “do over” for.
  
-Do I got back to a few days before Karen's suicide to prevent it?+Do I got back to a few days before Karen's suicide due to Chronic Pain to prevent it?
  
 Do I got back 24 years to prevent her car accident in the first place, Do I got back 24 years to prevent her car accident in the first place,
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 Do I got back to the post office where I let a lovely looking young Do I got back to the post office where I let a lovely looking young
-lady go before me, where there was a very long line at Christmas +lady go before me, where there was a very long line at Christmas. 
-time. She hung around by the door clearly wanting me to talk to her+She hung around by the door clearly wanting me to talk to her
 and I was too shy at the time, something I've overcome with the and I was too shy at the time, something I've overcome with the
 passing years. I would have never meet Karen at all. passing years. I would have never meet Karen at all.
  
 Do I go back to high school and ask the girl there that I liked, that Do I go back to high school and ask the girl there that I liked, that
-I was to afraid to even talk with due to my shyness?+I was too afraid too even talk with due to my shyness?
  
 Do I go back to the first big decision of my life when I was seven, Do I go back to the first big decision of my life when I was seven,
 and my parents gave me a choice between Karate Lessons or an Organ and my parents gave me a choice between Karate Lessons or an Organ
-with music lessons. I choose the music lessons, as being a Nerd, I was +with music lessons. I chose the music lessons, as being a Nerd, I was 
-attracted to all the blinking lights and buttons of the organ.+attracted to all the blinking lights and buttons of the organ.   
 +I should have chosen Karate.
  
 If we could pull at the threads of the tapestry of our lives how much If we could pull at the threads of the tapestry of our lives how much
-of it will unravel?+of it will unravel? Do we want it too?
  
-Do we want it to?+I chatted with a lovely young lady as we left a meeting about our shared interests.
  
-We only regret those things that we do not do. +I asked her to join me for lunch.  new regret I shall not have.  We only regret those things that we do not do...
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-Today by chance or fate, we can not know which, I chatted with a +
-lovely young lady as we left a meeting about our shared interests in +
-SiFi. +
- +
-I asked her to join me for lunch. +
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-What if she says 'No'? +
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-Perhaps she'll say yes?  Then new friends we may each have. +
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-Her answers maters not, for asking the question means there is a new +
-regret I shall not have, fore we only regret that which we do not +
-do...+
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