Here. We. Go. My first story in my first book. Jan 17
When I Grow Up When I Grow up I will be an Artist and Dancer. I hope the world have oil and food with no pollution. I also hope there will be TV's. Wow. What a visionary I was. What hope. What passion. What - the hell is the 'TV' statement doing in this future world I saw? It's simple, really. When we moved to America from Kenya, we lived with my grandmother for a few months. That's what has to happen when one parent leaves the other parent because they are not making good choices and has to move back to a country they've been away from for a dozen some years and start over. In Kenya, we'd had a black and white TV that only seemed to have programing from 5pm - 8pm. In America, my grandmother had a TV that was a wonder of sound and color and stuff that could be ours for only $9.99. And we watched it from dawn to dusk and wanted everything it showed us. I wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer, (hysterical because I so cannot dance!), and swing my hair around while gyrating on the floor. I wanted to make brownies in my easy bake oven. I wanted the Barbie house and car and all the Barbies that came with the house and the car.I wanted to cut the hair on that doll and then grow it back and cut it again. Brother wanted the Transformer toys, and the matchbox toys. We both wanted Big Wheel bike and LiteBrite and the View-finder thing and just about everything we saw on that TV. When my mother finally found a house to move us into, we left my grandmother's TV, weeping all the way, and moved into a house without one. Sure, we could go and visit it. On weekends. When we also visited my grandmother's washing machine and dryer. But it wasn't the same. I, obviously, felt the loss deeply. So much so, that more than one story in my brilliant opus will touch on the wonder that is Television. If only finally owning a TV had solved all my - and the worlds - problems instead of making them worse. Way, WAY, worse!
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AuthorMy name is ej. I'm a girl. I say that because with the short hair and the short initials, folks aren't always sure. More brilliant insights to who I am in About me Archives
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