Summers family traditions:
#1: If they play an instrument, play a trumpet.
#2: To play one, play in PSFVA, one of the city's bands.
#3: Be good.
Maya Summers really didn't want to break traditions number 1 and 2, but in order to achieve the 3rd one, she just had to.
A young woman finally frees herself from the bonds that held her for years. A narrative of that change.... and of the resulting triumph.
“So, this is life. This is what it is to live,” she had smiled.
What is life? Is it merely a state in time to which we interact with others, in which we're influenced by others -- or is it meaningless? is every step or action we take nothing in the great scheme of things?
Time patters on, and waits for no one. As humans, we must push to defy the logical boundaries of death.
If we wish to live life.
Young love in a treehouse, written for the Valentine's Day challenge
In defiance of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Claudius II's explicit order, young bishop Valentinius continues to perform marriage ceremonies for young Christians in Rome. Will these young couples live to enjoy their troth, and will Valentinius find a love of his own before his life is ended?
