Kayaking in Hong Kong_Dead Name Alicia_Friendly Competition_THE CATERPILLAR
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Kayaking in Hong Kong
I can’t wait for this story to end.As I sat in a hotel bar in San Francisco, my eyes are drawn to the most breathtaking woman I have ever seen. I approach and offer to buy her a drink. To my delight, she accepts, and we spend the next hour chatting and laughing. Then, she leans in and whispers in my ear, “I need to go, but if you would like to see me again.” She writes a name on a napkin and slips it into my front jacket pocket, “Meet me at this coffee shop in Milan.”“Milan, Italy?”She nods, as if that's a normal answer. My heart flutters as she walks away.A week later, I cannot get her out of...
Dead Name Alicia
My birth parents named me Joy. They always said it was because they were so happy and excited about becoming parents for the first time. That excitement apparently wasn’t enough. At seven years old I was in my first foster home, unable to sleep in a strange bed, wishing that my parents had named me “Crystal” because I heard them talk about www.onedoor.ccher a lot. I cried for hours because I figured they loved her more than they loved me.I didn’t talk much in that first home. I missed my family and my stuffed animals and my friend next door. The second home was about the same. The third foster home insisted...
Friendly Competition
I didn't intend to overhear anything. Grabbing my Walmart Great Value mozzarella string cheese and my sandwich bag of self-mixed nuts from the fridge, I'd only intended to take my quick break the same time I always did.She sat at the other end of the long table, her left arm, elbow on the table, supporting her head, which faced away from me. Though hushed, I clearly heard her say, "I can't do this job. Maybe I'm not cut out for any job."That is, of course, when I realized that she spoke to someone on her phone. I couldn't see it when I sat down, though I suppose if I was paying attention I wou...
THE CATERPILLAR
*''Who are you?'' asked the voice.''I'm a caterpillar.''''How do you know you're a caterpillar?''''I've been told so.''''What do you do?''''I crawl on the ground.''''Why do you crawl on the ground?''''Because that's what I'm made for. That's what caterpillars do.''''How do you know?''''I've been told so.''''By whom?''''By others.''''And you believed them? How do you know they were right?''''Because...''''What if they were wrong?''''?''''Do you like being a caterpillar?''''It's OK, I guess.''''Just OK?''''Well, I don't particularly like crawling on the ground.''''What would you like to do inste...