Language Barrier_Harmony_Set Ablaze_Chance and Change
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Language Barrier
They drove mostly in silence. Day 2 of being married. Day 3 of having to communicate without an interpreter. The quiet seemed easier than trying to communicate; so she drove and he looked out the window at the orange, red, and gold covering the trees like a cloak.A few minutes from their destination, she tried, “Almost there!” She kept her tone bright. He turned his head to look at her, at first with a blank expression. Seeing the smile on her face, he mirrored it with his own forced smile. “Yes,” he said in his native tongue, but they both knew he didn’t understand.With a sigh, she settled ba...
Harmony
“Harmony told me her mom and dad don’t make her eat green beans,” he said at dinner.It wasn’t unusual for Marcella to hear her swww.onedoor.ccon Jaime, in the weeks leading up to his first day of Kindergarten, talk about his friend Harmony. In fact, he’d been bringing her up frequently - over dinner, during play time, even while watching their tiny, old television.Sometimes she wanted him to draw a picture for her. Other times, she asked to play Police Pups with Jaime - Harmony wasn’t familiar with the show, so she relished the opportunity to see Jaime act out the latest episode.There were days that Marcell...
Set Ablaze
By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. The trees were blackened, the leaves now golden with flame. Ashes flew like snowfall. I watched the flames rise higher, burning the grass, burning everything except a path of stone in front of me, leading to the school."That insane motherfu"- I run along the path, hearing screams and cries of my classmates. The flames somehow create a wall around me, protecting me from the danger but still reminding me of the heat that can kill me at any moment. I can see my classmates run the opposite way from me. They can't see me through the wall, o...
Chance and Change
By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. The sun was slowly cresting the horizon, flooding the sky with color and setting the autumn leaves blazing. I smiled, taking another sip of my coffee and breathing in the crisp air from my porch. A car horn sounded faintly in the distance and the morning chorus of birds traded songs back and forth. What a morning it was, a beautiful fall morning. Of course, every morning was beautiful. It was a free restart, a fresh opportunity to go out into the world and be the best version of myself. That was why I really loved mornings, they made me ...