Tessie D

When we first moved to Dublin, before Momma and Daddy bought the land with Granddaddy’s money and we moved into the trailer house, we lived in a one-bedroom apartment across the street from the Dairy Queen. Momma hadn’t started working yet and Daddy wasn’t getting any disability from the VA. I don’t know how we…

I went to the grocery store the other day with Baby. The sun was blazing hot at noon, the heat blaring down on us through the truck’s windshield, like ants burning up under a magnifying glass’s reflection. The cold air stopped working a long time ago, and we’d never fixed it. Instead, we rolled all…

I saw Eric at the park the other day. I had taken Baby to the park in her stroller like I always did, right after dusk. Most everyone is home by then and for anyone who isn’t, it’s too dark to really see. The monotony of walking along the gravel path helps calm me down…

I didn’t go to college last year like I’d planned. After everything that happened, I decided to take a year off to work and save some money. And caring about college seemed a waste of time. It’s been well over a year now. A couple months ago, I decided to work. I found something to…

It’s the beginning of August. It’s been more than a year now. I hate this month. It used to not be too bad because we’d be busy getting ready for back to school, but this year, I don’t have anything like that to look forward to. So, I’ll just be counting down the days until…

It’s been a while since I left the house. It’s been almost a month since it happened.  I guess everyone found out about me quitting the restaurant. Monica, Christy, and Pamela came by the house the other day. They said that they wanted to see how I was doing. They’d heard rumors that I’d been…

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written anything. I didn’t feel much like writing. It felt like I’d used up all my words last time, and I didn’t have any left.  But, I might as well start back because everyone will know everything pretty soon anyways.  Since I last wrote in this journal, I…

It’s been a few days since I wrote anything.  I haven’t felt much like talking about it.  I suppose I should just start. I went to the party on Saturday night. First, I went to the resturant and worked my shift. I wasn’t sure I was going to go to the party, but everyone at…

I got invited to a party this weekend. Eric and Jay are graduating, and they invited everyone at the restaurant over to their house after work on Saturday night. Eric, Jay, and some other guys share a trailer somewhere out of town. I know they’ve had parties before — I’ve heard them talking about it…

I must imagine that every town must have its own set of rules. If towns are just made up of people and people are different, I have to believe that every town must also be different. And if that it is the case, maybe I could belong — I could be happy — someplace else.…