Woke up this morning and this was in my head immediately.... so I’m sharing it. Same program‚ same disease. A VISION FOR YOU PG 151-152 of the big book For most normal folks‚ drinking means convivi- ality‚ companionship and colorful imagination. It means release from care‚ boredom and worry. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking. The old pleasures were gone. They were but memories. Never could we recapture the
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The disaster The blue‚ sunny sky turned dull and gray very quickly in the last 5 minutes of the 17 year old‚ Malorey’s life. She was watching t.v and the screen went to pure static. Her sister‚ Lucy was in her room studying for a test that was worth half of her grade for 6th grade. Soon‚ the narrator on the radio came on and informed‚ “Attention all New Orlean citizens‚ please evacuate the state in the next 15 minutes! A category 5 hurricane is coming!” Hurricane Katrina was the 3rd strongest
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It was a day like every other in the busy city of Seattle. There were rain clouds above that made it gloomy. It looked like the perfect scene for a horror movie. Annabel "Red" Jackson was sitting in her room on this day listening to Stressed out by Twenty one pilots. The reason they call her "Red" is because she always has a red hoodie with a small heart right above her heart that she got from her grandmother on. No matter what the day is like. It could be one hundred degrees out and she would still
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The Graveyard Shift You know things didn’t turn out the way you wanted them to when you work in a morgue. [a]I could have been a lawyer. Or maybe a journalist. Anything‚ really. I laugh. It’s funny how I’m already having a midlife crisis. The sound echoes hollowly around the morgue. It bounces off lithe gray walls and sharp corners‚ completely out of place around the pale skin and lifeless eyes. The emptiness hangs in the air accusingly‚ reprimanding me for invading the cold silence.[d] The
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A Healing Wound A few years ago‚ My school took a trip to Washington‚ D.C. We got to visit many historical monuments that were even more breathtaking in person‚ but the experience at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will forever be embedded in my mind. It was a beautiful day in Washington‚ D.C. our school had just walked over from the Lincoln Memorial and we were approaching the Vietnam Memorial Wall. I did not have very high expectations because I didn’t know anybody who fought or died in the war
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Mr. and Mrs. White stood staring at that deserted road for what seemed like hours. Mr. White still clutched the monkey’s paw tightly in his fist‚ his knuckles pale from the strain. He could hear his wife sniffling softly‚ wiping her face with the edge of her nightgown. He tentatively reached over to reassure her‚ but her trance seemed to be broken by his movement. “WHY?” she shouted‚ still in hysterics over the incident. “That was our son! How could you?” There was no reply from her confounded
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Ruby It’s 7:53 PM‚ and I’m soaring over the Pacific Ocean on a plane to Honolulu‚ Hawaii. The medium sized airliner is full of tourists excited to visit Hawaii. I look out the window at the ocean and the gorgeous sunset. There is an island coming up. The waves and tide make a lulling pattern against the shore. It’s all so beautiful. I rest my head back on the seat‚ but suddenly I feel some thumps and my seat starts vibrating. It starts as a small shake‚ but turns into bumping. The old lady beside
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One sunny Saturday in North Myrtle Beach‚ South Carolina‚ with a temperature of 92* F‚ The Kiyah family of monkeys went to the beach as soon as their breakfast of bananas and eggs was over. Kiyah made sure to feed Mario and Peaches (both goldfish) but forgot to feed Mickey(the cat) . “I’ll be home later and I’ll feed you guys again. Have fun but not too much fun‚ do not destroy the house. And I am serious guys. “ Mickey begins to tell her she forgot about him‚but as he is saying his first three words
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“This isn’t a question of whether or not you think you’re good for me‚ this is me asking you if you want me.” I looked him in the eye as I shed a tear. “It was never a question of whether I wanted you. Of course I want you. My heart beats really fast whenever I’m around you‚ believe me‚” he pleaded. “So then‚ why don’t you do something about it?” We sat in solitude as he held me in his arms. I could hear his pulse quickening with every minute that passed and all I could do was listen
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“My turn!” Dmitri said as he grabbed Ramone with one hand by the throat. I ran up to stop him from choking Ramone‚ but he used his free hand to swat me away like a fly. Instead I went flying into the ship at tremendous speed. I could feel the wind get knocked out of me. My vision darkened at that time‚ but before I could go completely‚ Jenna was there at my side‚ with Mia holding Ramone’s baby‚ and my baby. “It’s not over.” Said Jenna. “We can’t hurt him‚ it’s like he’s become one with the land
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