Yesterday morning I woke up with an old memory very fresh in my mind. I was reminded of a day when I was a 13 year-old girl living in Winchester, Kentucky. I had gone to my bedroom to hang my jacket on the hook on the back of my door. I tilted my head back and lifted my arms to raise my coat up, and when I did, the sour ball candy that was in my mouth slid down my throat like a speeding bowling ball on a well-greased lane. I couldn’t cough, gasp or breathe. It was STUCK in my windpipe.
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