Transferred around the third marking period to Somerset Academy High, Amanda felt like an introvert during biology class. The few friends she did have, that she could talk to, were in Ohio, a thousand miles away. Shutting down her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts at the advice of Marilyn, her mother, added to the loneliness a teen could feel, magnified…
Author: Darnell Cureton
A Man Called Ove – by Fredrik Backman
What could readers learn about a book titled, A man called Ove? After reading, I felt it touched on life experiences, love, hatred, and great loss in death surrounding the man called Ove. Such a broad scope of emotions was dealt with in a light hearted way, with laughable moments at times, helping us through the tough issues. Overlapping timelines…
The Child becomes the Parent
I had some down time to decompress. The company I work for shut down for Christmas and reopened the second day in the new year. During that time I wondered how I became the parent and my dad became the child in our father/son relationship. My dad came from a poor family in North Carolina. Leaving school to help the…
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