The Wilting Point: digital collage
"As the trees disappeared and the giant building started to grow, it got harder and harder to remember what that part of the world used to look like. "
"… like a whole other world lived in the space between the sod and the solid ground. "
"When her mom smiled it looked like it took a lot of hard work."
"And that’s when he smiled at her for the very first time. Then he said, 'Coming right up, young lady.'"
"It was all going good until they had just brought up the last load of their things..."
"… then she screamed out again, but this time she screamed the words, 'Son of a fucking bitch!'”
"She had rode her bike over the river bridge out of town and kept riding…"
"sometimes her mom just laid in bed and cried for hours."
"... she wanted to push her body off at its highest point."
"There was so much to put away, so much organizing to do..."
"Her mom nodded and took one more deep drag from her cigarette and then smashed it..."
"She reminded Jill of a Raggedy Anne doll come to life, but not all the way, just half way to life."
"... a tiny crack had formed, as small as Jill’s little finger, as skinny as a strand of hair."
"It felt good when Leah put her hand out to hold Jill’s hand too..."
"... iike when a butterfly will show up to remind you it’s summertime, just in case you forgot."
"... she felt even sicker when she smelled his breath hover above her face."
"... she was surprised to see that light from a new day was beginning to make her bedroom glow and she was relieved."
"And then, with all of her strength she pushed Erica away..."