A Self Made Man_5 years_Let the Joy Rain Down_A Meaningful Contribution
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A Self Made Man
“I’m sorry? You want to do what?”That’s how she reacted when I told her. I couldn’t believe it. I mean, I didn’t expect her to jump on board right away. But she just stood there, one hand on a cocked hip and a dippy look accompanying her dropped jaw, like she wasn’t even sure I had spoken English. To be fair, she did have a long day doing nothing and had barely sipped her vodka tonic before I approached her. I reclined into the patent leather folds of the sofa as I restated my proposal. Her tilted head made me realize that I may have relaxed too soon, not anticipated the full weight of w...
5 years
levtashion“Katie, come to the office you are getting signed out.” That was the last thing I heard before my life had changed forever! I waited in the car while my mom was screaming on the phone about a lake house in some kinda woods, I think. It waswww.onedoor.cc winter and 10 degrees so I hoped we weren't going there. Finally, my mom got in the car and she didn't say anything. I asked her where we were going and she said” don't worry about it”. At this point I was a little bit scared, like is my mom a criminal or something. An hour went by and we were in the woods where I have never been and there was a h...
Let the Joy Rain Down
TW: Swearing, slow dancing, gratuitous descriptions of love.Everything is up in the air. All I know for certain is I love her and I’m not letting this life go without a fight. She gives me the foundation to build my life upon.Now that it might all be taken away, I’m looking at her more. I’m wondering why I ever left this apartment. Billie’s smile is my sunlight. Her hand in mine is my racing heart. Her arms around me are the joy I never knew was possible. Her scent is home; gyoza and good times. When I hear her laugh, I feel alive.She struggles to get up now. The baby is almost due. I half res...
A Meaningful Contribution
When Zyra's family had been allocated the land and the house for free, they did not mistake it for a gift. It was, however, an opportunity for the family to rise above the unfortunate circumstances that had displaced them all. Zyra's mother had lost her Singaporean citizenship as they'd been on public assistance for far too many generations. Nevertheless, her skills had kept them afloat in the early years that the family had settled on the wet Florida coastal town.She opened a chili crab restaurant under their stilt house. People ate her food on plastic tables when it was dry and in their boat...