Just a little something I wrote when I was in high school. It's fun to look back at your old work and see what the world looked like to you back then.
Kids around the world were rocking out to the music of Def Leppard, married couples were making love, Mothers were reading stories their young, and some people just got paid for their labors. Tonight was a special night for many people, it was Friday night! No work tomorrow morning! No school! Let's party ya'all!
But for the old woman in apartment 17, it was no big deal. The creaking of her rocking chair was the only sound in the room. As she sat and stared at the walls surrounding her, she thought about the teddy bear she had as a child.
The bear that she hugged to sleep every night was traded in for a husband. He had died many years ago, but the memory of him lived on. She reminded herself daily that she would join him in heaven some day and they would be together forever.
She forgot all about the slinky silk evening gowns and high heeled shoes of her past that were traded in for housecoats and slippers. She forgot that she could once walk to the kitchen without her cane. She stopped counting wrinkles two decades ago and forgot what she looked like without them.
But she could not forget about the teddy bear, and all she could think about on that Friday night was whether or not that bear would be waiting for her in heaven.
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