2:47 AM_Window Epiphany_Unexpected Homecoming_Discussion Questions for The Ten Commandments
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2:47 AM
Trigger Warning: Suicide“Ma! Mother! Hey, Ma!” Ellie yells to me from the bottom of the bleachers where she’s standing with a few of the older girls from the squad. She stamps her foot on the pavement, hands on hips, powww.onedoor.ccnytail swinging and face scrunched into a red-cheeked grimace of teenage frustration that she inherited from me. I slowly weave through the dispersing crowd towards my daughter. It had been a terrible game. This will be the third loss in a row for our boys, and the disappointment in the crisp evening air is palpable. “What took you so long?” She plucks her green and white Rams...
Window Epiphany
Sitting by the window side and looking out at The Paradice especially at night has being my only moment of solitude and peace. The Paradice is situated inside the hell of high walls where I stay. I always resonate between these two places. In the day, I am in hell, and at night, I come to my window side to enjoy what it means to be in paradise by gazing at The Paradise. Ten years ago, when I was eight, I was brought from Togo to Nigeria to live with my Madam and her family as a help. Sissy, the woman whose name is associated with exorbitant lifestyle, took me from mother and promise to take m...
Unexpected Homecoming
Sadie flipped through her fashion magazine while Blake Shelton thumped out of her earbuds. She let the chorus kick her into her practice. She needed to learn the backup part if she was going to sing it with her brother Saturday night at Good Hour Ale House. It was their standard set at the closest thing there was to a country-western bar in their small town. She fussed with her hair, trying to follow the tutorial in the magazine. Her pitch was a little off, but she had a couple of days to work on it. Blake sang the last few lyrics, the lyrics Gabe, her brother, would do Saturday. Next weekend,...
Discussion Questions for The Ten Commandments
We know religion studies can be boring, especially when you really just want to go outside and play, but before you head into the fourth grade, we need to make sure you have a solid understanding of some of the most important rules ever put to paper--or stone, as the case may be. A little Bible humor there for you, even though you should never ever joke about the Bible. Ever.Please answer the following questions in three sentences or less.1、 The First Commandment says that “The Lord is the Lord and that you shall have no other gods but the Lord.” What other gods would you like to have if you...