Kaia Craig: A Short Story

There are many things in life that shape us to become what the world has destined for us to be. Just a single action can trigger a widespread chain of lifelong changes sometimes for the better and other times for the worse. These changes ultimately make us who we are and who we will become. There are many life stories of people who have made choices that make them exactly who they are today, but below I will tell you about mine.

As I began to hear the testimony, I recalled all the various wars that have created us into what we are today. Brother against brother, kings that ruled the land, and dictators that overtook anything they desired. Survivors from various disasters have had a chance to let others hear and feel what they have gone through when they were younger like us. Cesia Kingston, one of the many survivors of the disastrous Holocaust, shares her many experiences throughout her life. Some too precious to forget, but others filled with pain and sorrow. Through every word Cesia spoke, they filled my thoughts like a wave, but at the same moment I remembered the times when pain and fear overtook me.

This may represent her helplessness as she tries to struggle to save herself from him as well as implying that she is yet again underwater. It also represents all the things she hated about their marriage and election that she kept secret from John. Thus, John's numerous references to beneath the water, imagination and Kathy peering up from below enforces the possibility the lake containing her body.

Close to the town of Clanton, Mississippi a young lady named Tonya Hailey is severely assaulted, beaten, and left for dead by two men. The attackers are caught in a roadside bar where they have been gloating about their adventures. At the point when the men show up in court days after the fact, Tonya's dad Carl blasts out of the courthouse storm cellar and executes them with a assault rifle. Carl trusts his life to only one man a nearby criminal lawyer Jake Brigance, who longs for well-known cases, features, and the big time. Jake is going to face the battle of his life, and he knows it. He is up against Rufus Buckley an extreme, driven lead prosecutor who understands that a homicide conviction could help him increase higher office; however,

The story of Jarena Lee is one of great lows and great triumphs. It begins in Cape May, New Jersey, where on February 11, 1783 Jarena Lee was born. Lee’s parents were both free African Americans, but at the age of seven Lee went to work as a domestic servant for a Mr. Sharp. It was during this work where Lee first found the spirit of God after lying to Mrs. Sharp about completed a task she had not. After telling this lie, Lee felt the spirit of God move throughout her and filled her with feelings of guilt. Lee promised herself she would never lie again and consequently beginning her long journey of finding the spirit of God. In 1804, Lee went to listen to a Presbyterian missionary preach the word of God. After listening to the missionary, Lee felt the full weight of her sins. Because she had not yet learned how to turn to God, Lee instead turned to Satan and felt the need to destroy herself. Fortunately, the unseen arm of God stopped Lee from acting on these feelings. After this, Lee left her job as a domestic servant and moved to Philadelphia.

Since the last time I have journaled, I have finished The Art of Racing in the Rain and started and finished the book Her: A Memoir. The Art of Racing in the Rain finished with the main character, Denny, finally getting custody of his daughter and ending the yearlong battle that he endured. Enzo dies at the end of the book, but the story alludes to him coming back as a child to visit Denny. Christa Parravani’s Her: A Memoir is a memoir written by Christa after her twin sister, Cara, dies. It shows the struggles the twins endured together throughout their lives, including an abusive father, Cara suffering a brutal rape and embarking on a path of drugs, depression, and overdose. The novel also shows how Christa reacted after Cara’s death, following in a similar path as her sister. The three merits I enjoyed most about this book were how extensive the

" Who the hell let these damn rookies into my crime scene," I demanded in an annoyed tone while striding through the bedroom door of the crime scene.

Patience is wearing thin , the shocking moment is almost here. Then a miracle happens! A beautiful brown eyed baby is born into this world.

The next morning when Allie went onto the deck, she was surprised to see Charleston spread out along the docks. She immediately went in search of Thomas. She found him coming out of the galley carrying a tray.

I really enjoyed this chapter and there are some dynamics that I know all too well. The family model and the complexities are something I haven’t know until more recent, at least a certain dynamic of it. I families want and expect me to be a certain way. I think about my wife and how she would try to exclude me and how she seemed happier when I was on drugs. She grew up in a family of six where the father, for the most part was absent. Lee had left for four years of Kyia’s life for reasons I never pursued and probably aren’t known, meaning that rarely does a person commit to such a change without have multiple motivators. For the most part I wasn’t a drug user throughout our marriage, my faith was extremely important to me, and still is.

“So this is where he works?” I asked through gritted teeth, staring at Blake from across the table. He told me everything there was to know about Talia Evers the other day, along with several fun facts about Staten Island that I would’ve been happy not knowing. Him being him, he seemed to have a natural knack for knowing girls better than they knew themselves. But when he brought up her older brother, who I remembered as her uninvited ‘guest’ to my birthday party, things took an interesting turn.

Mike is a little off from us, leaning back against the grill, his phone on in one hand, thumb swiping across the screen.

Once upon a time there was a girl named Joana and she lived in a kingdom that everybody in the village lived for. Joana had a bestfriend named Melissa and Melissa was the only girl in the village that knew that Joana lived in the kingdom. Melissa was born with disabilities meaning that she can't walk so she's on a wheelchair and she doesn't look like the rest of the kids, people sometimes think that she a beast. The kingdom is the biggest building in the village and nobody can go in there except for Joanas family. Joana has two stepsisters that don't like her and don't like Melissa for the way she looks. One was named Daisy and the other one was named Lauren. Everyday when joana gets home from school she has to clean the kingdom that takes her a long time to do.

Brena came into my family's life three years ago, and still has not left our hearts. Since I had always wanted a sister, I was ecstatic to finally see the tiny Brazilian, but I had no idea the impact she would leave. Even though we were only together for a year, we will be sisters forever. Hosting foreign exchange students can sometimes be difficult, but their cultural experiences, language, and adventurous personalities make the experience worth it. Through Brena, my small town got to experience a part of South America.

Most of the world is divided between cat people and dog people. Lucky for Chrissy Von Behren-Danger, she doesn’t have to choose.