There's No Place Like My Own Home by Florenza Lee

Author:Florenza Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Words to Ponder Publishing Company, LLC
Published: 2019-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

LAST ONE ON, FIRST ONE OFF

Since I am the last one to get on the bus in the morning, I am the first one to get off in the afternoon.

“Alyssa, I will see you tomorrow. Please call if you want to get together to work on our papers,” says Onika as I stand to leave.

“OK, I sure will,” I reply as I exit the bus.

I wait until the bus pulls further up the road before I cross to the apartments. I am so busy looking for oncoming cars, I don’t realize Marcus is peering out the back window. He sees me entering the apartment building.

When I get inside, I immediately lock the door behind me. “Mommy, are you here?” I call out. Not hearing a response, I unpack my bookbag and begin my homework. By the time she arrives, I am almost finished. She looks extra tired today, so I volunteer to make dinner.

I look inside the fridge and find some bologna, a cheese slice, and a few pieces of bread. I make us sandwiches, and we pretend we are on a picnic at the zoo. We pull the tattered blanket off the bed and put it onto the floor. As we sit and eat, we talk about all the make-believe animals we pretend to see walking around in the grass. I love spending time with my mom; she is such a fantastic person.

Afterward, we put the blanket back onto the bed, then I shower. The picnic may be imaginary, but thank goodness the shower is real. While brushing my hair, I tell Mom about Mrs. Bush and the letters she asked us to write. I mention that I want to write one because I know what it is like to be homeless, and I understand their fears firsthand. Mom agrees it would be a beautiful thing to do and says that should I decide to write one, she will review it for me.

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