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August 21, 1863- 5:17 a.m. Something about the stars that night looked surreal. Struggling to keep up with her peers, Elizabeth heaved the bucket of water she was carrying along, finally setting it down outside the back door to give her arms a break. She stopped again for a moment to watch those twinkling stars on the clear night, and the moon settling itself on the horizon. The August heat was dying down with t...
March 14th. Nope, that didn’t feel right. March 12th? It couldn’t already be March again, it was just March two months ago. Wasn’t it? June tossed her pencil at the desk angrily, and threw herself into bed, enveloping herself into a cocoon in the blankets around her. Outside the window, the trees waved hello to her, but she wasn’t paying attention. The tops of houses were nestled cozily together, and a few cars...
“This never would have happened if you would have just-” “What! If I would have just what, Linn? Please oh please, enlighten me of all of my shortcomings up until this moment!” “Hey! I am trying my best over here! You think if I could go back and change everything I wouldn’t?” “Just admit that some of this is your fault too! It's not all me!” “Oh really? We’d be a happy family right now if ...
The flowers outside your window had died this morning. Maybe it was because you hadn’t watered them for the last four weeks. Truthfully, after work, you came home and sank into your bed without thinking about the flowers outside your window or the laundry on the floor. That motivation your co-workers had to keep up a beautiful house, attend every happy hour, and snap photos of their children playing in the garden wasn’t...you. So, much like your social life, the flowers ha...
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