A Christmas List of Second Chances

A festive short story from Steve McCarthy.

When he finds a forgotten Christmas list from his teenage years—Things I’ll do before I’m 25—it feels like a joke at first. A time-capsule of dreams he never chased, risks he never took, and one name he hasn’t said out loud in years. But as December rolls in, a stubborn nudge from the people around him (and a growing sense that life is slipping by on autopilot) convinces him to try the list again—one item at a time.

Warm, funny and full of heart, A Christmas List of Second Chances is a story about unfinished plans, old loves, and the quiet courage it takes to start over—especially when the biggest second chance is the one you never thought you deserved.

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