“Once upon a time…” Sitting in my chair‚ looking at my vanity. I sat there waiting for my third sister to retrieve me for the ball that the Duke was having. I looked at the liar in the mirror. She wasn’t bad looking‚ long brown hair twisted by the maids‚ feathers adorned her she again‚ this year she was an owl‚ one of those pretty barn owls that live in my bird collection. My dress was a mess of brown and white feathers‚ I stared at the mirror and the only thing that always catches me is the sad
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It all began with a simple phone call one chilly‚ rainy Monday night after dinner. “Joe‚” my mother hollered up the stairs‚ “it is Jackie.” As I came downstairs to pick up the phone‚ I was quite excited. Although I tired‚ I was looking forward to spending some time with Jackie‚ my long time friend. As I skipped steps running down the stairs I thought of all the things we would do tonight‚ bowling‚ go out to eat‚ watch a movie‚ so many things to choose from. But tonight was Jackie’s turn to decide
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After he pulled the great‚ flopping fish into the boat‚ the man gave him a kick and hit him on the head to end his life. Looking down at his seemingly unending line perpendicular to the boat‚ he grabbed the line and felt for any tension on it. At first he felt no pull‚ but then he sensed a small tug. After freeing the line from the stick so that the fish would feel no tension
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Empowerment of the Grieving I was being rushed into the hospital. I will never sleep the same again. I can still hear the my brother’s screams for help. The face my mom had on when she saw me will stick with me forever. My own sobs of pain. I will never be the same again. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just left for school‚ a smile on my face‚ my backpack on my back. My brother and I piled in the car‚ him in the back and me in the driver’s seat. I knew something was going to happen
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He said he loved me and I took him at his word‚ then one sunny day‚ under a cloudless sky‚ he announced that he was to leave‚ but will write to me while he left me behind. It would have been kinder to kill me than to not return his solemn promises. Now I must be this being filled with a bitterness I cannot control. I have become consumed by a sadness I never knew could take root. All I am is sadness‚ every other emotion pushed from my being. Where there was the love‚ the light‚ the laughter is an
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Ringgg-Ringgg‚ all I could hear was that dreaded noise‚ like long brittle nails being dragged across a black board. It was the bell. I turned around and started watching one of the kids. “What are you looking at!” yelled one of the boys. “Just take your pink shirt and get lost fag! “Uh-um sorry” I said skittishly as I quickly walked away. I just got to school and already I was getting bullied for wearing my favorite colored shirt. It wasn’t only the older kids who were mean to me. Ever since
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I decided it’s time. I stepped foot outside‚ breathed the cool air and started walking . . . It’s been aver a week. I’m weak and frail. I was walking down a street‚ I have never heard of. I saw a place called‚ Cooks Coffeehouse‚ weird‚ I heard this name somewhere before. I look through the window and decide to open the door. I stepped in and spotted a girl my age‚ maybe‚ she walks over to me and asks me if i’m ok. She takes me back to the kitchen‚ and she told me her name was Mattie. She soon learned
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TS#145 The cold air was stinging my face when I woke up chained to a metal bed‚ surely awaiting my death. Voices in the other room were ringing out of my ear‚ a man and a woman. I tried to remember how I got here‚ and why I was dressed in scrubs. The voice I heard now has a face. A handsome one‚ but he has a coldness in his eyes. He unchained me from the bed‚ but kept me to the wall with a chain around my ankle. ¨Momma will be in here to check how healthy you are. Do you remember your name?¨ The
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I’ve never seen Cat act like that before. Front to back to side to side to front to side to back. All over‚ throughout every room she ran. Afterward‚ embarrassed by her display‚ she spent the rest of the week on the couch‚ lounging and grooming‚ not looking at
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I told Tonya that moving across the country wasn’t a heavy burden on me or her father. I told her that I was relieved that we did‚ because it was time that the John’s branched out. I even went as far to say that we could afford the move. If there was anything that I’ve learned in the past 17 years‚ it was that being parent is hard and sometimes it calls you to make some tough sacrifices. Even though everything I told Tonya was a lie‚ it warmed my heart to see her smile. Teenagers seldom did where
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