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Weekly Contest #314
"I just can't sleep." Yet there is more to it. Something is different though I am not sure what it is. When I look in the mirror nothing has changed. Millions of freckles still scream at me. My red, curly, hair is the same untamed mess it always is; and, when I smile, all you see are these ugly braces. So what is it? I know by the quiet huddling and secretive glances of my mom and dad that they are feeling it too. Yesterday morning with eyes half open, my mom asked, "Is everything alright honey? You know we can talk about anything, a...
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