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A person just like me by Mary Teresky

Posted on Jul 3, 2017Feb 27, 2019 by Mary Teresky

I sit in the corner of the bar My toes twist, my throats tightens I shouldn’t be here, I don’t belong. People laughing, drinking, smiling And I watch, sip my drink, and sit still without a sound or twitch of the mouth. I scan the surrounding area for an escape route, but a crowd of […]

Being Mary by Shelby Padgett

Posted on Dec 25, 2015Dec 18, 2015 by Shelby Padgett

The first year I was asked, I was in fifth grade. A good friend of mine had told me minutes earlier that she hoped to be Mary in this year’s living nativity scene. It was the first I had heard anything about it. After she left, a kind-faced, older woman approached me smiling. She leaned […]