Pick up the pieces
Witfit challenge
Chapter 1: Cardboard
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Life amazes me sometimes. When I think I have it all figured out, things go in a complete different direction. When I was little, I always thought I'd have a husband and kids right after college and start my life. But no here I am in my thirties single as I can be. Sometimes it is really lonely. I have great friends and I know I can count on them for anything I ever need, but they have their own lives. Sometimes I feel like I need them in my life more than they need me. I just need something good to happen in my life.
I was born and raised in the Small town of Forks, Washington. There is really not much to do out here. My dad was the police chief before her retired after my mother passed away. They were the happiest couple I had ever seen, but the world is cruel and she was taken away from us when I was in college. Cancer is a horrible disease. My dad was completely heartbroken. They'd been together so long that he didn't know how to live without her. I spent too many nights cleaning up beer cans from the living room. I felt like I had to take care of him, but then he started dating Sue and I felt replaced in his life. They have been together for five years and I have watched him become a different man. I love him dearly, but he's not the man who raised me. Maybe Sue is good for him since he doesn't spend his nights drunk anymore, but he has changed so much that I hardly recognize him.
My older brother Garrett and his family live in Olympia. He and my sister-in-law, Kate, have 2 little girls. I don't see them very often. Kate's family always seems to come first. It drives me crazy that my little nieces, Claire and Emily, don't really even know me. My relationship with Garrett used to be great, but after losing my mother he just seemed to want to put Forks completely behind him.
I look at everyone around me and they have something special in their lives. I feel out of place most of the time. This all leads me to today as I pack the last cardboard box into my car. I need to find my something special. After six years of working a going nowhere office job, I got an offer to work at my old College in Port Angeles. It was an awesome opportunity and I was going to Seattle for a month for training. I was nervous as hell, but it felt great to finally be doing something.
I have been having horrible writers block lately and this has been something bouncing around in my head. I am hoping writing this will help me break through and work on my other stories. Between my two jobs I hope to update a couple days a week. It just depends on when I have time to write. I love reviews.
