Sorrow: A Short Story

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Sorrow, that is what I am feeling on this hot summer day. I am sitting here, on Morgan Court, and watching box after box come through the door. What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to think. I have lived in this house for thirteen years and now we were packing it up and leaving, all in just two days. We were not even leaving to a nearby town, we were going 300 miles away. “Why do we have to leave so soon?” I asked my mom. “We don’t have a choice, your dad has to be up there to work. Trust me, I don’t want to leave either,” my mom replied. The thought of having to say goodbye to everyone one last time haunts me. Not being able to see them for almost four months makes me scared. I have almost never gone without seeing them at least twice a month. Now to have to go four months, I cannot even comprehend that thought. There was no doubt many tears were to be shed and many goodbyes said. …show more content…
I have been up to soccer tryouts and made a team. I already know a few girls, but this isn’t making me any less scared for the first day of school. Thankfully, I will get to adjust to the new house for a week or two before I have to start school. Going to a brand new school full of new people seems terrifying. I have been with the same people in the same school, with the same staff for the last seven years. All of that is going to change in the matter of a few

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