I was a little apprehensive about going home this time. I am very thankful for finally escaping from this damn school. Even a little proud of graduating tenth in my class, although I doubted anyone else would lend any significance to the feat. The school was a boarding school, nestled in the mountains in the […]
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Tamara; Two Peas In a Pod
Tam and Tamara, an unlikely set of names for two siblings. We are fraternal twins, born eighteen years ago. We had just completed high school, trying to decide what to do with the remaining years of schooling. We are each living with one of our parents, Tamara with her Mother and me with my Father. […]
Continue ReadingCasey; Que Sera, Sera
Que sera, sera was a popular song from the fifties, but somehow it is having a big impact on me in this year of 2017. The translation ‘Whatever will be, will be’ along with a few phrases in the song seemed to find their way into my life, and as hard as I tried to […]
Continue ReadingJody; A Sister’s Love
I was being sent to Aunt Angela’s for a while. I didn’t want to leave Mom, but she almost forced the issue. I could tell she was still torn apart after losing her daughter, my sister Janey. I don’t think I was much better off than her, closing my eyes I still could see her, […]
Continue ReadingBabette; Hiding In Plain Sight
It was during my fourth period English class when the principal’s secretary entered the classroom and talked to the teacher. I was summoned to go with her, immediately I wondered what I had done wrong, my guilty conscious really getting to me. In the principal’s office I met another lady who looked vaguely familiar. She […]
Continue ReadingLisa; Life As A Married Woman
I had been summoned by my older sister, her voice in panic mode meant that whatever the disaster was, it was serious. I flew in from Vegas, where I have lived for three years now. I had got lucky when I first moved there, the job I managed to obtain was working behind the scenes […]
Continue ReadingEllen; Given A New Direction In Life
I was back with Janey, my social worker and salvation in this screwed up life of mine. I found myself in foster care when I was only three, Mom deciding she wanted nothing to do with me and Dad deciding that a life with his sister was much preferred to him dealing with me. Jackie, […]
Continue ReadingCass; The Nails I Longed For
Being a young male, what I was considering doing was illogical, crazy and if caught disastrous. I was raised by my Mother and two older sisters. Given the name of Corey at birth I was somewhat normal during my childhood. Both of my sisters were seven years older than me, actually twins and quite imposing […]
Continue ReadingNellie; A Daughter In Curls
Ever since graduation from high school, my dream of the good life has seemed to be a lesson in futility. First there was my Mom’s accident, her injuries didn’t take her life, but maybe that would have been better. I loved my Mom but couldn’t stand to be around watching her in a wheelchair, knowing […]
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