Apricot is the Color of Her Hair
“I’m responsible for taking care of you… And your sister. You must learn how to stand up for yourself. The day will come when you will have to take control, not just of your dolls, but your sister and your familia.”
As I shook my apricot colored hair, I quietly turned and left the barn without him noticing. What he had said to me wasn’t what I had wanted to hear that day. Little did I know then…
“And, Maria, don’t play in that car again,” he said as I shut the barn door. And that was the day when I started to shut them out of my life.
“I’m responsible for taking care of you… And your sister. You must learn how to stand up for yourself. The day will come when you will have to take control, not just of your dolls, but your sister and your familia.”
As I shook my apricot colored hair, I quietly turned and left the barn without him noticing. What he had said to me wasn’t what I had wanted to hear that day. Little did I know then…
“And, Maria, don’t play in that car again,” he said as I shut the barn door. And that was the day when I started to shut them out of my life.
“I’m responsible for taking care of you… And your sister. You must learn how to stand up for yourself. The day will come when you will have to take control, not just of your dolls, but your sister and your familia.”
As I shook my apricot colored hair, I quietly turned and left the barn without him noticing. What he had said to me wasn’t what I had wanted to hear that day. Little did I know then…
“And, Maria, don’t play in that car again,” he said as I shut the barn door. And that was the day when I started to shut them out of my life.
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