Mar 26, 2016 | A Day In My Life
It’s not even nine in the morning and my hands are shaking. I drum my fingers on the small desk in front of me to hide the tremors, although I’m the only one in the bookstore. I got to work early. I couldn’t stand to be in the empty house anymore. Even though it has...
Mar 25, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Thump. I groan and bury my head under my pillow. Thump. Can my dad be any louder in the morning? Thump. No, he can’t. Thump. I look at the clock and notice the time is nearly 7:30. Drat! I fly out of bed and run to the bathroom. I promised to walk Jenny, the daughter...
Mar 24, 2016 | A Day In My Life
There goes that stupid woodpecker again. This is the third morning this week that he’s woken me up at the crack of dawn with his incessant hammering against the logs of the bedroom wall. Sure, there are likely tasty bugs hiding out in the wood, but as that lump of a...