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Fiction · Jun 26, 2020
When Brenda comes home with her Communication book and her teacher's print-wòrthy handwriting saying that she has been selected to represent her class in a Spelling Bee, my first thought is..."what?" I don't say it ou
Read the piece →Fiction · Jul 3, 2020
My mum is such a cry baby, I think, as I let her wrap her arms around me. I think its because Daddy is gone. Four years is a long time, some people think, but really there is never a time when it is okay to say "stop
Read the piece →Fiction · Jul 18, 2020
MUM I am at the office when Brenda's teacher calls. I usually exchange numbers with all her teachers because of emergencies. I want them to be able to reach me anytime if anything comes up regarding my daughter.In the
Read the piece →Fiction · Jul 24, 2020
BRENDA An invalid.I have Googled it over and over again since my fight with Mum.Google says:"a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury." My mum and I have not said a word to each other since our fight two
Read the piece →Fiction · Jul 31, 2020
MUM It is Wednesday evening when I decide to finally talk to my daughter. Three full days after the incident. I was fourteen when I realized I might have anger issues. Prior to that time, I had had episodes of figh
Read the piece →Fiction · Aug 9, 2020
BRENDA I wake up nervous. I didn’t sleep well all night because I kept having dreams about the Spelling Bee today. The dreams were bad – in most of them, I had embarrassed myself by not being able to speak, or starti
Read the piece →Fiction · Aug 14, 2020
MUM My heart drops. I watch as my daughter freezes. She gives no indication that she heard the speaker. Spell barricade, honey. You know it. I try to communicate my thoughts to her. She is staring at something,
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