Red and yellow. Black and white._“You’ll Never Know Until You Try”_Learning to Float_Once Upon a Chr
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She stood in front of the open door while the teacher and the school secretary spoke in the corridor. "I got the last new student; this is an imposition!""It's only for two weeks."She shifted her book bag from one side to the other. Her eyes never left the floor. The leather on the top of her shoes had a crack. The stitching was coming apart at the toe, but they shined with fresh polish. Backstitch embroidery accented with an occasional flower covered the line from the let-down hem. "I don't have a desk for her.""The custodian is looking one. This time of the year, we are short on desks."T...
“You’ll Never Know Until You Try”
Start or end your story with someone saying “You’ll never know unless you try.” — —-Part One— —— Inspiration—---“You’ll never know unless you try.” The absolute most cléche sentence that ever left my dads’ mouths. Of course they would say that. They were both incredibly successful, each owning a tech company with a net worth of at least 3 million. Living in the shadow of them hasn’t been the easiest thing in my life. Maybe it would be different if I was their actual kid. But since I’m adopted, people expect me to be some sort of miracle child. “Why would they choose to adopt a kid? She’s got t...
Learning to Float
A splash, a kick, and a cough. As my head breached the surface of the water, air-filled my lungs once again. Frustrated, I smacked my hands against the water. This primarily resulted in splashing water all over my face. Feeling as though the ocean had won again tonight, I slowly waded my way back to the shore and sat down on my towel just slightly above where the waves stopped.The towel, which had been there for a while, felt cool against my wet body making it feel that much colder. Tucking my legs up to my chest, I wrapped my arms around them and looked out over the ocean. Looking straight ah...
Once Upon a Christmas Eve
Once upon a Christmas eve, Strangers came together. And sharing in each other’s dreams, Their lives were changed forever.This is based on a true story about how my wife Linda and I, along with two complete strangers, each with their own compelling need to get home to their families for Christmas, were destined to share in a bit of magic, an enchanted voyage, all on a Christmas Eve many years ago.Once Upon a Christmas EveOn Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2006, my wife Linda and I were booked on a 6:00pm flight to return home to Las Vegas from Orange County, California where we had spent the las...