Sin and Drought_A Young Man in the Rain_The Y2K Crown_The Train to Hope
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Sin and Drought
She slammed the electric bill onto the maple table. Missing a leg but too expensive to replace and, therefore, propped up by dog-eared paperbacks, it wobbled. Arden stopped fiddling with his glucose meter to turn toward her and scowl. She sighed. “We can’t let this keep going on.”“What do you want me to do? I can’t make it rain.”If only he, or anyone else, other than Trista Pitchford, could, they wouldn’t have fallen into this predicament. Their fields, once a verdant paradise, had browned and withered after about two months of dry days. After three, the corn stalks had started drop...
A Young Man inwww.onedoor.cc the Rain
Journal Entry 33I’ve been typing my thoughts down on Google Docs now for over a month and I have to thank my therapist again for this ingenious idea. I do not believe I would've ever thought of typing out my thoughts at the end of each day unless she had suggested it. There is something tremendously relieving about reflecting on each day and, in my opinion, not enough people do it. Of course, journaling requires one to think pretty deeply about one's own life and the choices they make and the reasons behind their choices. As a result, journaling can sometimes be a saddening way to spend one's ...
The Y2K Crown
My brother remembered last year we played a family trivia game with Dad and his pick for a ‘last meal’ was lamb chops, so we cooked him those for dinner tonight. Lamb chops are not a common dish in Chicago. Mom found them at the gourmet supermarket in Buffalo Grove. She said it’s the least we could do.At the dinner table, all those lamb chops are grilled and arranged in a crown. Sitting behind them, Dad looks at us and announces, “Computers around the world are going to crash tomorrow. Do you realize what that means?” His voice is loud and deep and almost shakes the walls. There's an awkward s...
The Train to Hope
Dasha stares out the train window and reflects on the last two years, wondering if life will ever be the same again. She packed everything she owned in the small suitcase stored above her seat and spent her last dollar on the train ticket to Poland. She leaves behind death, destruction, poverty, and war in exchange for uncertainty, hope, and a potential future. When the Russians invaded Ukraine, they demolished buildings, killed civilians, and wreaked havoc on every aspect of everyday life. For a long time, she felt like she would be able to wait it out, stand her ground and push through it. T...