"Author's Note"

He emerges from the stairs, “what the hell am I gonna do with 75 cents? You can’t even buy a cup of coffee with 75 cents these days! I ain’t worried God is good and he will repay me!” Just then a man exits the McDonald's and hands him over a fresh meal and coffee, “here you go man, God bless you.” “For me?!” he jumped in ecstasy, pointing at us, exclaiming emphatically, “I told you so!! I told you so! God is good! Aw, man I cannot believe this, thank you Jesus!” He then sat in his favorite spot, began to giddily chow down, eyes and smile beaming the whole time with a face as if to say, I'm the man. 

I was inspired to write this story because it speaks to a time in my life when things were carefree and although the moments written of are clear snapshots of my memory, the framework which they exist in are as hazy as a hot summer day and make them really special to me. I did not have any specific literature in mind when I wrote this, I just wanted to veer off the beaten path. I am so used writing about my past, life story, experiences, blah, blah, blah and it is getting old, especially because I am dead smack in the middle of my transfer workup and that is all I am currently writing about. I have never written short stories before and find the format quite relaxing and much different from the rigidity of poem, academic and required writing. I am trying to uncover and realize other dimensions of writing like humor, dialogue, and perhaps fiction too. I find that my ideas flowed much more freely writing this piece which made it really fun. I was always an avid believer in traditional writing i.e brainstorming, jotting ideas, writing and revising all with a pen and have only recently given in to the evolution of writing and speaking to a small screen in order to organize my thoughts. I find it fast and convenient which is a far cry from my stance on this tradition 2 years ago (just ask my son), I cannot believe I tortured him about that! 

I hope to develop this story with more vivid detail and maybe even embellish a little humor and dialogue so as to enlighten and enliven this piece over the semester. This time around its no more sad stories but fun, thrilling, and suspenseful albeit still real and truthful records on the horizon.