... of the women's feelings, as well as the events that shape their feelings. At times it seems that the stories she learns of are not meant for the ears of such a young child, however she is the only daughter and therefore must learn of the families history. "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to ... "head wife" position was to give birth to the most male children, providing the man with the valuable addition of a healthy son that will inherit the blessings of his father. "Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a stick...

• Word Count: 1155
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... women's feelings, as well as the events that shape their feelings. At times it seems that the stories she learns of are not meant for the ears of such a young child, however she is the only daughter and therefore must learn of the families history. "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed ... " position was to give birth to the most male children, providing the man with the valuable addition of a healthy son that will inherit the blessings of his father. "Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and gru...

• Word Count: 1680
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... in a small town of Delphia, 30 miles east of Asheville, Minnesota. He is happily married to his classmate from college. His wife is expecting their first daughter. Hank has a job at Delano Feed and Grain Mill as an assistant manager and head accountant for a modest, but sufficient salary so he can afford to ... difference of three years. He did not obtain a good education by dropping out of high school and worked all his life on the farm owned by his father who passed away while Hank was in college. Jacob rents a small apartment above the hardware store in the town where he was born. He...

• Word Count: 2209
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... . All his life he'd been told how lucky he was to be so cossetted, so surrounded by the full bounty of Materialism. Heaven to his banker father took the shape of comfort; total luxury and plenty of it. Paul, helping now to prepare a plot for planting seeds, saw again the family mansion ... of Heaven. What was it? Something about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle? Rubbish! Who on Earth invented these stories? And why bother about the future Heaven when it wasn't too bad here, was it? He had looked around the none-to-modest school chapel at ... to real conver...

• Word Count: 1046
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School