She patiently waited for his number to be called.

She had no desire to be there, but her mom

had insisted that she go. She's resisted at first, but over time she realized it was simply easier to
appease her and go. Mom tended to be that way. She would keep insisting until you wore down
and did what she wanted. So, here she sat, patiently waiting for her number to be called.
It went through such rapid contortions that the little bear was forced to change his hold on it so
many times he became confused in the darkness, and could not, for the life of him, tell whether
he held the sheep right side up, or upside down. But that point was decided for him a moment
later by the animal itself, who, with a sudden twist, jabbed its horns so hard into his lowest ribs
that he gave a grunt of anger and disgust.
Do you really listen when you are talking with someone? I have a friend who listens in an
unforgiving way. She actually takes every word you say as being something important and when
you have a friend that listens like that, words take on a whole new meaning.
She had come to the conclusion that you could tell a lot about a person by their ears. The way
they stuck out and the size of the earlobes could give you wonderful insights into the person. Of
course, she couldn't scientifically prove any of this, but that didn't matter to her. Before anything
else, she would size up the ears of the person she was talking to.
Hopes and dreams were dashed that day. It should have been expected, but it still came as a
shock. The warning signs had been ignored in favor of the possibility, however remote, that it
could actually happen. That possibility had grown from hope to an undeniable belief it must be
destiny. That was until it wasn't and the hopes and dreams came crashing down.
It was a rat's nest. Not a literal one, but that is what her hair seemed to resemble every morning
when she got up. It was going to take at least an hour to get it under control and she was sick
and tired of it. She peered into the mirror and wondered if it was worth it. It wasn't. She opened
the drawer and picked up the hair clippers.