Ordinary Citizen_Like A Kid Again_Family Replacement_Defining Family
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Ordinary Citizen
Miriam and I are best friends. At work, we’re known as “Laurel and Hardy” or “The Odd Couple” when they see us hobnobbing about the office. She played basketball at OSU, she’s a head taller than me, and she’s not skinny, either. They call me the blonde feather.It’s lunchtime on a Friday. Miriam feigns distress when we sit down to lunch at the Liberty Diner, our favorite haunt, across the street from Driscoll Sales and Manufacturing's offices where we work. Her eyes are wide, and her black forehead is wrinkled. "You know, Laine, the aliens have crossed eyes, and they get insatiably hungry, scar...
Like A Kid Again
"Are you sure about this?" Becky asked, looking down the steep hill."Of course, I am," Joan said, then looked down the hill and swallowed. "At least, I think I am.""Aren't we a little too old for this?" Becky asked, holding the green sled in her hands."Age isn't anything but a number," Joan said, holding the blue sled. "As much as I'd like to agree, I don't think my back will agree with you," Becky said, laughing.Jane laughed and said, "You know, I think my knees will agree with your back.""Come on, Mom! Just do it!" Becky's daughter, Dawn, called out."Yeah, Mom! Do it!" Joan's son Eddie ...
Family Replacement
As a solo cruise tourist, please select if you are open to having a roommate. “I’m kinda doing this to get away from people,” I mutter to myself. “My family has been so stressful lately. I just want to get away. I hit submit.We apologize, but there is no room for you left. You may either reschedule or select the roommate option. “Ah, come on!” I slam the desk. I flop my head in my hands and tightly squeeze my hair between my fingers. “Fine.” I hit the check the option and hit submit before I overthink the decision.Two days. Two days till I can get out of this house. Two days till I can leave ...
Defining Family
Sometimes two people who have gone through something very intense can feel like they are family - like a parent and a child, like siblings, something like that. We assume the persons who find themselves in this situation have experienced the same thing, and that they were together when it happened. If, on the other hand, the people involved experienced the same, or almost the same thing, but were not together when it happened, one might look askance at the idea that they could have been brought together so closely as to feel like they are family.I am not one of those who doubt the depths, peri...