I was spring, the trees were blooming and the Mississippi had flooded like it always does every spring, which make the city of Memphis smelt like fish. We were staying in an area near Presidents Island, which was considered a suitable neighborhood and on my first night there was literally a drive by shooting, one of the neighbors across the street had seriously rubbed someone the wrong way. I was starting to question my decisions, anyway, I adjusted, an apparently I adjusted to well later that spring I discovered I was pregnant. Oops! Here I was I didn’t particularly care for my new surroundings, nor did I care for my new job. What do I do? I don’t want to be a single mother, but I think marriage is a risky move even thought I have a superb
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Of course I didn’t want to do anything big I’ve never been a flashy girl; just a justice of the peace at the court house is fine with me. What I wasn’t expecting is for him to walk in with a blaze orange ball cap and a camouflage vest on to perform this ceremony, word of caution think twice before marrying in Arkansas. Finally, to top it off he decided to remind us if we ever needed any glass replacement to come by and visit his business he’d make us a …show more content…
Time continued to pass, I watched my children graduate high school, and college, Samoan became a registered nurse and Raven an I T specialist and Keagan became a Pharmacist. I’m proud of my kids, I tried to teach them what I was taught, be cautious, but kind, you never know what the next person is going through, and get an education. One cold, rainy day while at work I happened to notice a ketchup packet that had been in the corner for weeks David our office janitor was not up to par on his duties so, decided to break some social norms and play a prank on him. I mixed together a little concoction and injected it into his licorice candy, which he was always chewing on, my concoction was supposed to give him massive diarrhea, mastitis and green fingernails, but it turns out my concoction boosted his common sense and strengthened the frontal lobe of his brain that controls decision making, self-control and reasoning. The news of my discovery went viral, and was soon approved by the
Of course I didn’t want to do anything big I’ve never been a flashy girl; just a justice of the peace at the court house is fine with me. What I wasn’t expecting is for him to walk in with a blaze orange ball cap and a camouflage vest on to perform this ceremony, word of caution think twice before marrying in Arkansas. Finally, to top it off he decided to remind us if we ever needed any glass replacement to come by and visit his business he’d make us a …show more content…
Time continued to pass, I watched my children graduate high school, and college, Samoan became a registered nurse and Raven an I T specialist and Keagan became a Pharmacist. I’m proud of my kids, I tried to teach them what I was taught, be cautious, but kind, you never know what the next person is going through, and get an education. One cold, rainy day while at work I happened to notice a ketchup packet that had been in the corner for weeks David our office janitor was not up to par on his duties so, decided to break some social norms and play a prank on him. I mixed together a little concoction and injected it into his licorice candy, which he was always chewing on, my concoction was supposed to give him massive diarrhea, mastitis and green fingernails, but it turns out my concoction boosted his common sense and strengthened the frontal lobe of his brain that controls decision making, self-control and reasoning. The news of my discovery went viral, and was soon approved by the