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Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende
Thanks girl : ) You too! <3
Yeah, I think most people on here wonder that at some point. And I’m beginning to dread the same thoughts in my school circle, you know? The worst thing would be if you were the only person who cared in the first place.
Hmm… yeah. It’s super weird, you never know who will stick around. I was once the last person to care about my group (Or more the group of three split into two plus me) and I took way to long to get over it. I shouldve moved on and realized they didn’t care lol 🤣
I’m actually really lucky too… I won’t have to get wisdom teeth removed at all! XD I have four adult teeth missing, so the orthodontist is going to rearrange my mouth so the wisdom teeth replace them. The three that were removed were baby teeth… which somehow survived? I can’t imagine how.
Luckily all my teeth specialists are super careful and kind.
Lol wow, that’s a super interesting situation.
<3 That sounds so discouraging, especially when those things you try don’t work out. I would get so frustrated at that couple too.
Yeah, it is. XD
But if God doesn’t open up something for you, I’m telling you, I would probably get angry even though he knows better 😅 Because like you’re saying, some day you’re going to see everything in retrospect and it’s going to make sense.
I’m genuinely rooting for you and I hope something opens up soon.
Thank you so much girl, it feels good knowing there’s someone rooting for me <3
Ehh, it’s as normal as it can be. Which is very inconsistent. My mum has Hashimoto’s disease, among other things, and it just drains the energy out of everything sometimes. I hate trying to be a teenager. It’s so much more hard work than it needs to be, and I just make it worse for myself.
Ack that sounds rough. I’m chronically ill too and I see the effect it has on my mom lol. Totally get that inconsistency.
You hate trying to be a teenager lol? I don’t try to be a teenager I just do things I like. Idk what a typical teenager does but I figure there’s no sense in chasing it, I’ll just doodle around and watch Marvel if I want 😂 and do school work because unfortunately it isn’t optional 🙄
On the bright side, my mum is also knitting me a hat! We have camp next month, and she almost always knits me something for cold occasions. It takes her only about three days, tops XD
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
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Sooooo I wrote this scene that may likely be one of Leo’s flashbacks in Against All Odds, The Bois’ book…and y’all…I just added so much more depth to a relationship I never even really thought about showing in their book
and y’alllllllllllll
August 1929
The suit was very not comfortable. And there was so much rain! Why did it have to be so wet?
“Stop squirming. Hold still.” Felix whispered, setting a large hand on eleven-year-old Leo’s shoulder.
Leo nodded and squeezed his second youngest, baby brother’s hand. Reuben was almost four! But Leo was still a lot older.
Joshua was nine, and Jakob was eight, and little Wolfgang was one! And then his other brothers…“stepbrothers” daddy called them…Adolphus was thirteen and Dietrich was twelve!
Leo liked his new brothers, but he already missed Mama. His new Mutti was kinda mean sometimes…but maybe she just needed a nap, like how Wolfgang always needed naps.
But his new Mutti had a baby in her tummy, so maybe she’d give Leo more brothers! Daddy said he wanted a girl, and Leo’s new Mutti agreed, so maybe he’d get a sister instead.
He wasn’t so sure if he wanted a sister or not. Would a sister play games like hide and seek and play in the treehouse, or would brothers only do that?
“Felix, look, there he is.”
Leo turned, following the direction Frida, his new Mutti, pointed. Leo gasped and released Reuben’s small hand. “Uncle Hans!”
He ran to his uncle; Hans swooped him into his arms even though he was a heavy eleven-year-old and kissed his forehead. “If it isn’t my special Leo?”
“How can you pick me up, Uncle Hans? You’re so strong!”
“I guess I am, but I can’t hold you for long. You have to go down…” He dropped Leo on the ground. Leo laughed and grabbed Hans’ hand.
Hans smiled, squeezed his hand, and went to join Felix and Frida. Hans lifted Reuben, who toddled over, into his free arm.
“About time you showed up. Almost late to your own Father’s funeral.”
Opa was gone…but Leo heard Frau Adelmann say he was in heaven.
Leo wasn’t quite sure what heaven was, but he heard his Mama talk about it, and she said it was a happy place. So, now his Opa was happy.
Hans scoffed. “I honestly didn’t even want to come. You’re lucky I have a wife that can convince me to do so-called important things I otherwise wouldn’t do.”
“Hans,” Frida transferred a sleeping Wolfgang to her other shoulder and patted his back, “why would you even think about missing Heinrich’s funeral? He was a good man who at least deserves some respect.”
Leo looked up at his uncle. Why did Uncle Hans look so upset?
“You traded Adinah for a completely clueless wife. Sounds about right for you.”
Joshua raised an eyebrow. “Daddy, what’s clueless mean?”
“Nothing to bother your head about, Joshua, and your Uncle Hans would be wise to keep his mouth closed.”
Reuben tugged at Hans’ suit. “I want downnnn.”
“Don’t whine, Reuben. Adolphus, take Wolfgang for me.”
Adolphus took Wolfgang from Frida’s hands; Frida took Reuben from Hans’ arms and into her own.
“He said he wanted down, Frida. Nice of you to give the child the opposite of what he asked for.”
“You can’t give them what they always want, Hans-“
“Nor can you expect them to act like an adult, Felix,” Hans squeezed Leo’s hand tighter, “but that’s something neither Father nor you seem to be able to wrap your miniscule heads around.”
Leo furrowed his eyebrows together. What did that mean? What was ‘miniscule’?
“That’s enough. Keep your mouth shut.”
Leo looked up. How did Daddy talk with his teeth so close together? And why did he look so mad?
“Daddy…my tooth hurts.”
“Not now, Jakob.”
“Uncle Hans, can I sit with you?” Leo asked, playing with Hans’ fingers.
“No, Leo, you cannot-“
“But Daddy-!”
“Do not interrupt me. You will listen, you will obey, you will be quiet, and you will not be sitting with Hans. That is final.”
Leo pursed his lips. He wanted to sit with Uncle Hans. Uncle Hans was fun! Daddy never paid attention to him in church, but Uncle Hans would. They were at church on a day other than Sunday though…and Leo didn’t quite know what a ‘funeral’ was. “Daddy…”
“Stop it, Leo. I already said no, and I am not going to tolerate any complaining. Hans, where’s Himmler?”
Jakob grinned from ear to ear. “Uncle Himmler is here!?”
“He’s with Eleanor and the boys. He didn’t want to come over here, and I understand why.”
“Show your brother some respect, Hans.” Frida replied, holding tightly to Reuben’s hand, who stood beside her playing with the edge of her long dress.
“Respect? Respect when he lied about his wife and claimed she was committed infidelity so he could have a basis to divorce her? Respect when he married you only weeks after Adinah was forced to leave? Respect when he refused to let Adinah have any of her sons? Respect when he is one to and married one that will beat their children until they listen? I’ll respect Felix, and you, Frida, when you deserve it. Good day.”
Hans marched away, and Leo followed, unable to break free from his uncle’s grip.
Felix cleared his throat. “Hans, you have my son. Let him go. He will not be sitting with you even for one minute of this funeral.”
Hans crouched down in front of Leo, putting his back to Felix. Leo’s eyebrows furrowed together. “What are you doing, Uncle Hans?”
“I need you to promise me something. I’m going to give you something, and I need you to hold onto it for me and keep it a secret and promise me something, alright? This is a big boy responsibility. You’re a big boy, right?”
“Uh huh! I’m the oldest other than my stepbrothers!”
“Right. Leo,” Hans reached into his coat pocket; he brought Leo’s head closer and pulled a necklace over his head, “I need you to hold onto that for me…promise me that you will stay strong even when you get hurt.”
Leo looked down at the ring that was on the necklace. Hans tucked the ring underneath Leo’s shirt and looked up again. Tears brimmed his eyes.
“Uncle Hans, why are you sad?”
“Promise me, Leo…promise me that you’ll stay strong.”
“But why are you sad-?”
Hans pressed a gentle finger on Leo’s lips. “Shh. Promise me.”
Leo nodded. “I promise. I’ll be a big boy!”
Hans touched his forehead to Leo’s, tears coursing down his cheeks in droves.
“You’ll be strong. Promise me, please promise me, Leo…promise me that you won’t let this world destroy you too.”
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"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
@godlyfantasy12 heyyy you’re back! any updates on your story? How far in are u?
@esther-c cool!!Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
@freedomwriter76 awww that’s so cute and so sad
Here I was thinking Hans was a villain. Is this before he goes dark? Or is he the kind of character who acts nice but is a coldhearted monster other times?
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
@mineralizedwritings nice scene! You know, if you ever release maps of your world, I’m going to try to make at least a part of it in Minecraft.
I recently got this cool downloaded tool called WorldEdit that allows me to build large structures with a few simple typed commands, so I don’t have to spend hours placing block by block if I don’t want to. So that can significantly cut down how long it takes to make a big build.
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
oh and nice boards all of you!
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
XD I have imagined in as minecraft before…
honestly I think I made the mines to be the kind of like old nastalgic thing that’s holding Lesli back (She’s always like but we had so much fun there!) because I used to spend so much time strip mining in game w/my old friends lol…
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
@mineralizedwritings cool!
Tell you what, when you release your book, I, you, or maybe a team of people can make a minecraft downloadable map based off it–that’d be awesome! With player reskins based off the main characters and everything.
Where'd I get ya this time? The liver? The kidney? I'm runnin' outta places to put holes in ya.
@freedomwriter76
Freedom!! what was that sadness I just read?????????
I seriously love Hans, why does he have to turn all bad too????
also this is kind of out of the blue, but I was curious, what is Frida’s backstory??
I know she’s completely unlikable and mean and cruel
*coughs* but so was Lady Tremaine, yet in the live-action cinderella they do make us feel a little bad for her… so what’s her story?????
Do me a favor…. Tell Cress I meant it
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AHHHH THOSE BOARDS 😭😭😭😭💔💔❤❤
And that scene oh my gosh 🥺🥺🥺💔💔💔
“Uncle” Hans and Leo…just just 😭😭😭😭😭😭
@Mineralizedwritings @WhalekeeperSometimes I think about all the groups I’ve been a part of, left and moved on… (Ok but do we ever really move on? I still think about the elementary school friends.) and wonder how long I’ll be on kp. Will the people I know slowly leave me to be the dinosaur, will I be the one to leave, or will we all stay long enough to see eachother get married and have kids 😯
Girl you just described exactly what I’m constantly worrying about. 🥺 I understand that. Honestly sometimes when I’m chatting with y’all I get so sad thinking about how we’ll probably never meet and I’ll never get to give you that huge hug that I’ve wanted to for forever…but ya know, I don’t think we all just meet each other by chance. There’s definitely reasons, that we might not know yet. But I think God wouldn’t just let us all meet and form close friendships to just be separated and never see each other again. I mean, it’s unlikely that we’ll meet in person, but I believe that we’ll all see each other in person at some point in time. At least, that’s my hope. <33
(sorry abt the rant hehe)
Also don’t ever think you don’t matter or that you are insignificant!!! Girlie you are amazing and I love you and I love talking to you and of COURSE I miss you when we don’t chat for a while and you are such a kind soul. I’m so glad that we’re friends! We’re here for you if you’re ever feeling down ❤❤
(also, Min, whenever I get Instagram (you said you have Instagram right??) I am friending/friending you immediately so we can keep in touch :)))
Love both of y’all!! <333
I LOVE those aesthetics!!!! They’re soooo goood❤️❤️❤️
And joining a new church is a big change!! I’ll pray for you and your family.
And girl that’s so great!!!!! A growing relationship with the Lord is such an amazing thing. I love that for you <33 I sometimes struggle with a relationship with God, remembering that He is there when things aren’t going well, but I’m improving :))
Ohhh, and speaking of, I just finished an awesome book called Praying for Your Future Husband by Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer. If you get the chance, you should totally read it. I had already been praying for him, but this changed my whole perspective on it. And it’s helped me grow in the area of prayer.
Oh my goodness that sounds like such a good book!!! I’ve been praying for my future husband as well, but I really wanna read that book now. Praying for your husband is such a good thing <33
And that’s awesome girl! Your books are so good, I can’t wait to have a copy on my bookshelf 😉 Hahaha yeah editing is definitely a slow and draining process XD
I’m great!! Busy and blessed <3 My dad and baby sister has been a little under the weather this week so I’ve been helping my mom a lot! It’s been nice <3 And my mom and I are watching this show on Masterpiece about Queen Victoria and it’s sooooo good!! 😍 I love it so much and it’s been so amazing getting to spend time with her.
Writing is going slow, mostly just writing little bits of dialogue and character notes here and there! But it’s fun and that’s really all that matters haha XD I’ll focus on writing more once I develop my character’s personalities a little more 🙂
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