Shirley’s Beach Day
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3 min readJun 19, 2022
It was mid-June and in two weeks Shirley had already canceled two lunches with her mother, a blind date with Tony and an impromptu shopping trip with Frankie — her best friend since elementary school.
Unlike her giddy colleagues on that Friday afternoon, Shirley turned her phone on silent and remained focused as she walked down the crowded corridor with her head lowered. She was planning her upcoming trip to the beach, and she…
