When I was four years old, my mother, Deborah Owens, was cleaning out her closet to get all of her belonging before she moved out. T. Ray came in and started a very big argument with her. There was a gun on the floor, so I picked it up and accidently shot and killed my mother. She was the only thing that I wanted and I took her away. This memory haunts me for the rest of my life.
One day, in my fourteenth birthday, Rosaleen and I were taking a walk to the church to register her to vote. Some men stopped her and asked where she was going. She told them that she was registering her name to vote and wrote her name with black spit from her snuff jar on the one of the men's shoes. They got upset and swung at her and took her to jail.
T. Ray came and picked me up from the jail but I later ran away because we had an argument that really upset me. I went and got Rosaleen from the hospital and we ran away all the way to Tiburon, South Carolina, which was the town on the back of my mom's Black Mary picture.
When we got there, I had to lie to the Boatwright sisters, May, June, and August, for them to let Rosaleen and me stay with them. Each of the sisters are very unique in their own way. June is a school teacher who is kind of bitter toward things. She plays the cello for the dying people. May is extremely sensitive and sings "Oh Susanna" to cheer her up from crying. She sometimes reminds me of a child. August is the oldest one who is a very religious deep thinker and the leader of the Daughters of Mary ceremonies. She also a very good beekeeper.
During my time there, I learned many new things about life. I also learned the secret ways of bees while working in the bee farm with August and her godson, Zach. Sometimes, while I am talking to August, I feel like I want to tell her my secret about running away and that I want to learn more about my mother. It seems like she suspects that I am a liar sometimes especially June, but they still keep me in anyway. Unfortunately, the time was never right when I want to tell her the truth.
I have gotten very close with the Boatwright household and especially Zach. He tells me that he wants to be a very good lawyer someday. I tell him that someday I want to be a writer. Somehow I develop some romantic feelings for him and I sometimes get a little nervous when I am around him.
There has also been a lot of drama going during my time in Tiburon. Zach gets arrested for injuring a white man with some of his friends. Luckily, he gets released out of jail with no charge. Also, May commits suicide by drowning herself in a river after taking a walk by herself and never returning back. I also finally tell August the truth about the real reason why I have come here. To my surprise, August knows my mother and nannied her when she was very young. She tells me all the stories about her and her marriage to T. Ray. She also tells me that my mother left me behind when she was leaving T. Ray, but went back to get the rest of her belonging that she forgot to take with her the first time. I get upset because I thought that my mother really was leaving me behind.
The drama later faded away and everything became alright. June said yes to Neil, her sweetheart, when he proposes to her for the millionth time. I learn to forgive my mother for leaving me. Later on, T. Ray comes to the Boatwright house unexpectedly to come and get me. I refuse to go with him. He was about to force me to come, but August steps in and insists that I stay and live with her. T. Ray gives in and says "Good Riddance" before he leaves. Right before he drives away, I stop him and ask if I really did kill my mother. He tells my that I did but on accident, then he drives off.
Right now, life in going very good in Tiburon, in the Boatwright household. I have learned many things during my stay here and I am feeling very confident about who I am. I remember when August told me “Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about.” This keeps me wondering that we each have to find out who we really are in the inside and that we are usually more complicated then we seem to be.
Thank you for reading my blog. I hope that you enjoyed it.
One day, in my fourteenth birthday, Rosaleen and I were taking a walk to the church to register her to vote. Some men stopped her and asked where she was going. She told them that she was registering her name to vote and wrote her name with black spit from her snuff jar on the one of the men's shoes. They got upset and swung at her and took her to jail.
T. Ray came and picked me up from the jail but I later ran away because we had an argument that really upset me. I went and got Rosaleen from the hospital and we ran away all the way to Tiburon, South Carolina, which was the town on the back of my mom's Black Mary picture.
When we got there, I had to lie to the Boatwright sisters, May, June, and August, for them to let Rosaleen and me stay with them. Each of the sisters are very unique in their own way. June is a school teacher who is kind of bitter toward things. She plays the cello for the dying people. May is extremely sensitive and sings "Oh Susanna" to cheer her up from crying. She sometimes reminds me of a child. August is the oldest one who is a very religious deep thinker and the leader of the Daughters of Mary ceremonies. She also a very good beekeeper.
There has also been a lot of drama going during my time in Tiburon. Zach gets arrested for injuring a white man with some of his friends. Luckily, he gets released out of jail with no charge. Also, May commits suicide by drowning herself in a river after taking a walk by herself and never returning back. I also finally tell August the truth about the real reason why I have come here. To my surprise, August knows my mother and nannied her when she was very young. She tells me all the stories about her and her marriage to T. Ray. She also tells me that my mother left me behind when she was leaving T. Ray, but went back to get the rest of her belonging that she forgot to take with her the first time. I get upset because I thought that my mother really was leaving me behind.
The drama later faded away and everything became alright. June said yes to Neil, her sweetheart, when he proposes to her for the millionth time. I learn to forgive my mother for leaving me. Later on, T. Ray comes to the Boatwright house unexpectedly to come and get me. I refuse to go with him. He was about to force me to come, but August steps in and insists that I stay and live with her. T. Ray gives in and says "Good Riddance" before he leaves. Right before he drives away, I stop him and ask if I really did kill my mother. He tells my that I did but on accident, then he drives off.
Thank you for reading my blog. I hope that you enjoyed it.
