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Losing It all By: Samantha Appling
There was young boy who hated everything and everyone in his life. He thought his life was meaningless and sometimes wondered why he even existed You see he had many friends and family who all loved and cared for him, though he didn’t always get what he wanted when he wanted it. He had two other brothers, and a mother, his father left long before he was even born. He would see all the kids who had nice clothes, and shoes, all the latest, he hated his mother because he did not have those things himself. But he failed to realize he had something much more than materialistic things, he had...Love. Michael was him name, he was 15 and was about to learn a lesson in life.

Michael came home one day and saw that know one was home, he had had a bad day, as was everyday with him, he got a bad grade on a test, the teachers yelled at him for no reason, he had yet another fight with his girlfriend. He was just tired of everything he went upstairs slammed the books down on his desk, and flopped on the bed and put his arm over his eyes covering them from the light that came down from his window and fell asleep with Deep in his thoughts he had awoken and heot up looked at is clock and saw it was 1:00am know one was home, not a single noise to be heard. He was terribly confused he saw none of his families things, not the picture of his girlfriend that sits by his bed he he could only thin to himself that he was dreaming, oh but indeed he was, but this is no ordinary dream, this a dream that would change his life.

A ghostly man appeared and Michael jumped back leaving his skin behind. “Who are you?” the ghostly man giggled softly at the reaction he had on Michael, “haha” he finished laughing “I’m sorry, okay, I am Carlos, I have come to show you what your life what be like without anyone one in it, but you will have everything you ever wanted” “All right, that sounds pretty sweet, no annoying brothers or my girlfriend thats gettin on my nerves all the time, sounds like a sweet deal” without thinking it through Michael accepted so the wish was granted upon him, michael had everything the new shoes the nice clothes he wanted, he even had a new car he couldn’t even drive. “Oh this is the life, wait till I show my Girlfriend” Michael said looking down on his fresh threads. “Oh but that is not possible your girlfriend doesn’t exit” “What do you mean she doesn’t exist I just talked to her last night, we had a fight but with all the money I have I’ll buy her a dozen roses, a diamond necklace and she will forgive me.” “No, she won’t, she doesn’t exist I told you, remember...” he said waving the signed contract in his face “we agreed you would have all the things you wanted but you will have know one who cared about you here to love and care for you.” “Oh, he realized, that’s true, oh well I don’t need her I still got my family, oh wait no they cared for me to...”

His eye brows crossed as he looking down to his feet. “Oh well that doesn’t matter,” said Carlos “They got on your nerves, you hated them” “Yeah I did but..” “But what, you LOVED them, you CARED about them..what were you going to say?” “Fine...fine I loved my family, I love my girlfriend, I miss them” Michael dropped to his knees and started to cry as he placed his hands over his face. “I miss my old life” suddenly he woke up again back in his ragged bed ,back in his room with his ragged clothes hanging in the closet, back in his stupid little house, back to his old life.

“Thank you Carlos” he said as he ran down stairs to rap his arms around the family he loved most and go call his girlfriend he never wanted to lose just to say he was sorry and that he loved her. Michael’s life from that day one was never the same he appreciated his ragged things and he loved his family more than life itself. Please remember to appreciate the things you have in life because you can have everything in the world but have know one there to love and to love you.

Authors Note: This story was dedicated to Michael brown. “Forever and for always”

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Losing It all By: Samantha Appling
There was young boy who hated everything and everyone in his life. He thought his life was meaningless and sometimes wondered why he even existed You see he had many friends and family who all loved and cared for him, though he didn’t always get what he wanted when he wanted it. He had two other brothers, and a mother, his father left long before he was even born. He would see all the kids who had nice clothes, and shoes, all the latest, he hated his mother because he did not have those things himself. But he failed to realize he had something much more than materialistic things, he had...Love. Michael was him name, he was 15 and was about to learn a lesson in life.

Michael came home one day and saw that know one was home, he had had a bad day, as was everyday with him, he got a bad grade on a test, the teachers yelled at him for no reason, he had yet another fight with his girlfriend. He was just tired of everything he went upstairs slammed the books down on his desk, and flopped on the bed and put his arm over his eyes covering them from the light that came down from his window and fell asleep with Deep in his thoughts he had awoken and heot up looked at is clock and saw it was 1:00am know one was home, not a single noise to be heard. He was terribly confused he saw none of his families things, not the picture of his girlfriend that sits by his bed he he could only thin to himself that he was dreaming, oh but indeed he was, but this is no ordinary dream, this a dream that would change his life.

A ghostly man appeared and Michael jumped back leaving his skin behind. “Who are you?” the ghostly man giggled softly at the reaction he had on Michael, “haha” he finished laughing “I’m sorry, okay, I am Carlos, I have come to show you what your life what be like without anyone one in it, but you will have everything you ever wanted” “All right, that sounds pretty sweet, no annoying brothers or my girlfriend thats gettin on my nerves all the time, sounds like a sweet deal” without thinking it through Michael accepted so the wish was granted upon him, michael had everything the new shoes the nice clothes he wanted, he even had a new car he couldn’t even drive. “Oh this is the life, wait till I show my Girlfriend” Michael said looking down on his fresh threads. “Oh but that is not possible your girlfriend doesn’t exit” “What do you mean she doesn’t exist I just talked to her last night, we had a fight but with all the money I have I’ll buy her a dozen roses, a diamond necklace and she will forgive me.” “No, she won’t, she doesn’t exist I told you, remember...” he said waving the signed contract in his face “we agreed you would have all the things you wanted but you will have know one who cared about you here to love and care for you.” “Oh, he realized, that’s true, oh well I don’t need her I still got my family, oh wait no they cared for me to...”

His eye brows crossed as he looking down to his feet. “Oh well that doesn’t matter,” said Carlos “They got on your nerves, you hated them” “Yeah I did but..” “But what, you LOVED them, you CARED about them..what were you going to say?” “Fine...fine I loved my family, I love my girlfriend, I miss them” Michael dropped to his knees and started to cry as he placed his hands over his face. “I miss my old life” suddenly he woke up again back in his ragged bed ,back in his room with his ragged clothes hanging in the closet, back in his stupid little house, back to his old life.

“Thank you Carlos” he said as he ran down stairs to rap his arms around the family he loved most and go call his girlfriend he never wanted to lose just to say he was sorry and that he loved her. Michael’s life from that day one was never the same he appreciated his ragged things and he loved his family more than life itself. Please remember to appreciate the things you have in life because you can have everything in the world but have know one there to love and to love you.

Authors Note: This story was dedicated to Michael brown. “Forever and for always”