Tegan's Ghost Stories

We pass by so many people every day. We see a man in a suit with hair gelled back buying flowers and assume they're for his wife. But they're actually for his dying mother. We come in contact with clerks at the grocery store, telemarketers asking for money, a woman rushing past you in the airport, but you have no clue who they are, what they do. They all have their own stories, their own lives, and we only get a 5-second glance into those stories. Take into consideration that there are 86,400 seconds in a day, and you’re a part of 5 of those seconds. This interaction is near to insignificant. The stories of these people are what I’m interested in… so, here a few of them are. Tegan wakes up at 5:30 am every morning. She attends NYU and rides the 6:15 subway from her apartment to Manhattan. It’s become her routine. Don’t get me wrong, she loves it. It’s been her …show more content…
He lives in the 17th story of the apartment in a single bedroom, alone. He used to live with Margaret, his wife, but 2 years ago, she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and passed away, just a month after receiving the diagnosis. But it’s his special day and he tries to pull the sad thoughts out of his mind. His grandson will visit today! Charlie is one of the only things that still brings Albert happiness. So he clambers out of bed into his wheelchair, to sit in front of his TV and wait for Charlie to come. Lucy rolls out of bed. Just like Albert, she has an exciting day, but it's not her birthday. Today she's going to the local homeless shelter to visit and help serve food. This is her favorite Tuesday activity because she loves to help. It's why she moved into these dingy apartments in the first place. She wanted to put any extra money she had into helping others. She didn't need to live there. She made a decent income, but it was her choice, her sacrifice for the benefit of the less fortunate. So she took a quick shower and got ready for the great day to