Madison Belknap
Stories (3/0)
But It Could Be
It was my fourth birthday party. Everybody was there. It was a few months before my parent's separation, so they were still living in the same house. All of my cousins, both of my grandmothers and one of my grandfathers, uncles, and aunts. Everyone. That was the last time I had a birthday party with everyone together. I had a huge Barbie birthday cake and it was the best thing I had ever seen. Everyone had sung "Happy Birthday" and I had just blown out the candles when my brother stood up on the chair next to me and slammed his face into the cake before I could eat any of it. My dad went out and got a regular one from the store, but it just wasn't the same as my big Barbie one.
By Madison Belknap5 years ago in Humans
Snapshot of a Dog
My dad sent me a photo of our old dog, Bonzo, he found while going through boxes of old pictures. It was a later picture of him, I could tell by how fat he was. Nobody has been able to accurately figure out what breed he was. My dad came closest with a German Shepard mutt, but my brother’s, “a big one,” and my mom’s, “a stupid one,” seem just as accurate. The photo shows him lying in his usual spot at my grandma’s house on the faded orange shag carpet right next to the front door, waiting for someone to open it and accidentally hit him. During the later years of his life, it seemed like he had become one with the carpet. Laying down whenever we would get to her house, only getting up whenever we would fill up his bowl at meal times. This was far from the dog that had run around the house just years prior.
By Madison Belknap5 years ago in Petlife
Requirements
Being a woman comes with a certain amount of "requirements" in a way. You're required to spend a lot of time making sure your make-up is perfect for every occasion, you're required to wear nice dresses and heels for every occasion to make sure you look good to everybody there, but probably most importantly, you're required to be a feminist and make sure the rest of the world is too.
By Madison Belknap6 years ago in Viva