Melinda Madrigal

“Love and Jealousy” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #157

Love and Jealousy, two superficial words that exist in your mind to make you crazy. What is love? love exist only to break your heart. Don't get me started on jealousy that will only drive me crazy. How can two simple words hurt so much? Here is the answer in one word, Hudson. Now you must be wondering who Hudson is. Hudson is a guy I've known my whole life. You can say he's my best friend. Me and Hudson spent a lot of fun times together doing stuff as friends like going to the movies, playing video games, going out to eat and so on. Dur...

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“Another World, Another Me” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #156

Do you ever wonder if there is another you somewhere out in the universe living the life you are suppose to be living? Sometimes I wonder if that's true for me. Two weeks ago I began having dreams of myself. I didn't understand them then and I still don't understand what they mean. In the dreams I see myself living out a life I could have had. Instead, I'm living a simple yet satisfying life. My life hasn't turned out the way I always dreamed of. I'm not saying I hate my life. What I am saying is that I have or had dreams of being a chef...

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“Sky PlayGround” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #155

Look up into the sky and you will see the most amazing sight, a place so wondrous, so imaginative you won't believe with your own eyes until you see it in real time. So come with me and have the most magical time. Bring your kids, friends, bring everybody you know on this once in a lifetime adventure. Come and join me at Sky Playground. Emma looks at the flyer many times to see if her eyes are not playing any tricks. She sees people around her also reading the flyer. They look up into the sky as does Emma and see what looks like a UFO. The...

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“A Story For The Ages” by Melinda Madrigal

December 1941 The war began for us in the early morning hours when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor. My heart breaks for the many lives lost. Now we are entering a war many of us wanted to avoid. In my heart I knew this day would come and now the only man I ever loved is going off to war. As I sit and listen to the devastation at Pearl Harbor, I hold in my hands a music box given to me by my mother who gave it to my father when he went to fight in the Great War. Within the contents of the music box is a special melody that when you o...

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“Healing Begins With A Hug” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #153

Healing is the power to heal one's heart from unimaginable pain. Healing is the power to forgive and be forgiven. Healing is the power of love and it all begins with a hug. My family has been in a state of civil war for decades and the problem is no one knows why it all began, but we do know where it all began. This decades old rift began with my grandmother Julie and someone name Cindy. Over the years I asked my mother "Why grandma looks so sad?" My mother didn't answer. So, I went to my grandfather and I pleaded with him to tell me, he...

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“Heaven Sent An Angel” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #152

I want to tell you a story about a woman who performs miracles on unsuspecting people. In this case the miracle worker goes to a town in desperate need of her work. This town doesn't believe in miracles, but she will make them believe and believe they will. The town of HopesWell is a small unassuming town with a population under a thousand. HopesWell is a town many people believe is full of hope, but that is not the case. No one knows this but HopesWell is a town you don't want to visit nor do you want to live there. Then one day she comes...

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“In my Father's Footsteps” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #151

For generations my family has upheld a time honor tradition of service to our country. We have lived up to this legacy for as long as I can remember and it all began with my great grandfather during the First World War and has lasted until my time. This time honor tradition of service to our country is one that I respect with my whole heart. I give thanks everyday to my great grandfather and to all the members of my family for the enduring sacrifices they have made. But I ask the question. Is this the right path for me? Throughout the ye...

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“Ollie The Robot” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #150

Six years in the making and he's finally ready. Six years of hard work. Six years of blood and sweat. Six years of sleepless nights to make my dream come true and now here I am done, finished. Ollie is ready for the world to see and Ollie is ready to see the world. Ollie started as a dream, as a way to put my creative aspirations to the test and boy did I achieve what I wanted. I'm an artist. I love to draw anything from people to animals to anything I can imagine and that's how Ollie came to be. Ollie started as a drawing. My inspirat...

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“Darkness Has Fallen” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #149

The darkness is back. I feel it in my bones. I see it everywhere I go. No one can stop the darkness for it has come once again and hit my town of Sandy Shores. Sandy Shores use to be a town of light and beauty. Laughter was in every corner of my small town. Life was full of happiness. Families were together. Friends were having fun with each other. But ever since the darkness came the beauty, the light, the laughter and the happiness have left Sandy Shores. My name is Jamie, this is my story of how the darkness overcame my small town o...

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“Tower Apartments” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #148

505 5th Street apartment 5A at the imposing, menacing Tower apartment building is where me and my husband Jake are taking a tour of the apartment.Me and Jake are looking for a bigger apartment for our expanding family and the Tower apartments have what we are looking for. We are in luck one apartment has become available.Today me and Jake are heading to the Tower apartment building to look at the place. Jake is excited to go but me not so much.I don't know what it is but the Tower apartment building gives me this uneasy feeling. I heard so m...

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“True Love Never Dies” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #147

Movies always have away of captivating you. Whether you like Science fiction, Action, Comedy, Horror or Romance. movies have this magical spell that weaves its self around you. What movies tells us is a story about life that you can instantly connect too. Movies has a way of making their stories become real, away to connect to yourself and with part of your life that you never knew existed. For me a girl who comes from a good family, who enjoys spending time with one's family, movies is away when we can all be together. There's been a ...

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“A Letter From the Past To The Future” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #146

To my future self, Marisol I don't know how the future came out for us. I hope it came out great. I hope you are having a lot of good times. We had great times during our younger years. I hope the future turned out better fo us, better than the past. Remembering the past is easy and I sure do hope you remember our past. Remember all the good times we had. The summers we spent with our family and friends. The vacations we took. Remember even the bad times. The lost friends, the lost family members, the lost jobs. Writing this letter, ...

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“Invitation To A Dream” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #145

"Miss Brianna Logan, you are cordially invited to this years annual Carnival Ball. The theme for the Ball is bright colors." I'm here in Rio for the first time to experience Carnival and I get invited to the most extravagant Carnival Ball. Am I reading this correctly. I'm invited to the hottest party in the entire world. I don't have the words to explain. Me Brianna Logan invited to the Carnival Ball. Wow, this is so cool. Now I just have to figure out what to wear. The theme for the ball is bright colors. I have to come up with the mo...

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“A Journey to the Past” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #144

I've always wonder what the past was like. How the people lived? What they ate? What clothes they wore? What books they read? The past is fascinating. The past has a way of capturing your imagination. My favorite time period is the 1920's, the golden age of Hollywood. The movie starts of the past were glamorous, from the dresses they wore to the makeup they used. 1910-1960 is when the golden age of Hollywood took place. The 1920's was a fascinating time. The decade when sound was first introduce to movies, then we have the 1930's when ...

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“Campground Mystery” by Melinda Madrigal

Submitted to Contest #143

Two years earlier Three best friends Emmie, Theo and Cassie head to North Pines campground for a weekend of fun only to never be seen or heard from again. The search for Emma, Theo and Cassie went on for two weeks, no sign of them has ever been found. Those who go to North Pines for a weekend of camping are haunted by the disappearance of the three friends and they never last the full weekend. A sign is posted at the entrance of the camping ground reads "Camp at your own risk." Now two years after the disappearance of Emmie, Theo and...

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