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One Hundred Twenty Seconds: It's the Only Difference
Exactly twenty-two years to the day I was born on his birthday. December 31, 1991、 My dad, Alexander Daikos Galatas I, entered the universe on December 31, 1969、 Not only were we born on the same day twenty-two years apart, but we were also nearly born within the same two minutes. But, we were afforded a tad more distance. My dad was born at 11:29 PM and I came into the world at 11:31 PM. Yes, we shared the same birthday almost exactly. Only one hundred twenty seconds separated us. Two people, pided, yet locked in perpetuity by opposing sides of the same minute. A day later my parents signed ...
Apartment 5A and 5B
Apartment 5B was my first apartment. It was perfect, except the mold…and the gas stove which scared me…and the overly thick carpet that felt squishy and not soft. On the plus side, it had two doors. The one at the rear of the apartment had a set of stairs with a little mini patio beside where I parked my car. Most of the apartments in the complex only had a fwww.onedoor.ccront door, while my apartment had two doors. I loved sitting out back with Benny, my black Jack Russel Terrier, and a good book. I never used the front door. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I would probably run into the Trunchbul...
The Sleepless Girl
The clock struck twelve, and Sita sighed.She watched Rei, her girlfriend of two years, get up and head to the kitchen, humming purposefully. The sound of the kitchen tap took over the space in the air where the clock’s ring had filled, but it failed to ease Sita’s heart. She hated it when the clock struck twelve. A long time ago, an old man had told her that if she was scared, she should pray to the Gods, and they would take away whatever worried her. She loved and trusted the old man with all her heart, but somehow, his advice had never worked for her yet.“It’s time for bed,” Rei said with a ...
A Slippery Slope
A Slippery SlopeNote: This story contains triggers about dementia that may be upsetting to some.Dementia is the cruelest of thieves. It slips in, unnoticed, stealing small memories at first, ones you might have just misplaced, leaving you with the belief that you need to pay a little more attention to details. Then in an effort to pay better attention to details, you find that you are obsessing over whether you have forgotten something and you start repeating yourself more often than before. It is at this point that you realize that you are being robbed and you seek professional advice, first ...