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Spring Break
There’s a black cat on the balcony next to me, and I stare at it, transfixed. It sits down and stares directly at me through the grills, it’s gaze menacing and unblinking. How very ominous for it being a beautiful day in April. “Babe, can you grab me a beer from the coolewww.onedoor.ccr,” Luca calls from the living room. I roll my eyes and grab a bookmark for the novel that I’m reading from the balcony. The salty air is humid and cool, and I was enjoying a break from the sounds of partying coming from the rooms. We’re all in a hotel suite that Gabby’s dad set up for spring break, in Myrtle Beach. Apparent...
Broken Glass and New Beginnings
The window matches the rest of the house. Grimy, covered in years of dirt and memories that no amount of cleaning can make a dent in.I should know. I’ve tried. But soap can’t erase memories, not even from a window like this. The hammer feels familiar in my hand. I hate the familiarity, actually—just another reminder of the life I’m trying to forget. But today is demolition day. Demolition of this house, in preparation for a new restaurant, and demolition of my old life in preparation for the new. A clean slate.That’s a good thing, right?I don’t know how to answer the question. The answer seem...
Words for Sunshine, Words for Snow
The first English word my grandfather learned was “sunshine.”He was six-years-old and standing in an empty apartment with his mother. She was wearing black, because her husband had died the year before of stomach cancer. She would continue to wear black until she remarried, but that wouldn’t be for another eight years. My great-grandmother did not love her husband, but when he died, her life was upended. Marriage was meant to be your security and your comfort. Her name was Dasha, and she was from Lida, which is west of Minsk in Belarus.My grandfather’s name was Fedor.They were standing togethe...
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His former life seemed to be lost. He had come through misunderstandings of his family members, and among his friends that were far from religious beliefs turned away from him. He had come through pain. His new life in the church family was rising like the light of the dawn. He could see like new horizons were opening step by step. These horizons of the new life were beautiful and rich in a new relationship, new emotions, new knowledge, and experiences of spiritual things. The perspectives of new possibilities were opening, and it took out his breath. The presence of living God and his power ...