WEEK 329
""Sit down!" Cary shouted. "If you don't sit down I can't...""


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"You can't what?" Cindi asked..."You can't tell you what you think of me, and our life, how you made a mistake and should never have married me... again. You want me to sit so you can let me know how little you think I'm worth, so you can make me feel as if I am nobody, and I have no worth? You are demeaning and hateful more times than you should have been, and you have no trouble beating me down with your words. You have no trouble breaking my will, crushing my aspirations, and leading me to wonder, is it worth this, is life so important to me, that every day is just like the day before, on edge, without dreams, that I am no longer the strong-willed girl I once was, but a mere shadow of the woman I could be. My spirit is broken, and I fear it can't be fixed...my only recourse is my writing, words of wisdom, that only belong to me, and that sometimes, I share with others. Between you and me...I will go on, probably the same, with optimism and faith, there's always a chance..."

by Louise Sarraya, California

...sit down. Cary stared at his frail grandmother. The poor woman was becoming more deaf every day. Each visit rendered him hoarse from attempts to converse with the old dear. At his insistence Grandmother Thompson took her seat. Cary wrapped the woolen shawl around his grandmother's shoulders and sunk wearily in the seat next to her."

by Kathleen Ratcliffe, Hatboro, PA

...see my sister. I haven't seen her in fifteen years. That's her on the left part of the stage. Isn't she lovely? I've missed her so. Cary clutched her hands to her chest trying to calm down. Thank you, I'm sorry I yelled. Listen, she's about to say her lines. Oh MY!"

by Kathleen Ratcliffe, Hatboro, PA

...throw this two hundred pound weight over your head!"

Kathy frowned. "I don't want you to throw a two hundred pound weight over my head!"

"Oh, okay," Cary said, dropping the weight directly on Cary's feet. "I thought you liked your feet, but suit yourself."

by Phillip Lynne, Knoxville, TN