Sunday, December 9, 2007

New!

so a lot can happen in a day...and it has been wHAT LIKE 4 MONTHS? so i am in basketball and i made b team! woo! haha! lets see...my sister gave me here old camera.....um... it stinks! haha! but at least i have a camera now! but now i can post some pictures that i take. well i will just get to the point. i have started another sotry! (i have commitment issues!) so i hope you like this one! this i s my first tiem actually writing from 1. a guys point of view and 2. he is married and has kids and 3. they are good LDS people. please leave comments!

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Time was all I needed as I took the stairs two at a time. I dashed down the hallway and came to a complete stop at the hall supply closet. I annoyingly opened the door and found jimmy curled up in a small ball on the ground.
“Jimmy! Get out of the closet.” I grabbed his little arm and pulled him softly but forcefully out of the closet. He had his blanket wrapped around him and was sucking furiously on his thumb.
“But…but….Sara says I hads to stay in here or...or the monser will get me!” he protested.
How could I explain to my 4 year old there was no such thing as monsters? I picked him up swiftly and ran back down the stairs.
“Tom where is your tie?!” my wife Laura called franticly over to me.
I ran to the bedroom and, still with jimmy in my arms and grabbed my tie off of the dresser. I swung it around my neck and tied it so fast it looked like it was tied up by a bunch of 2 year olds.
“Sara?! Charlie?! Laura?! You ready to leave?” I yelled at them while checking my watch. I ran out the door without waiting for an answer with jimmy still in my arms.
As I stepped outside I was suddenly overwhelmed with the bitter cold. The soft breeze was a cool reminder of how grateful am for my home. I exhaled slowly for a second then stepped out into the freshly fallen snow. The soft snow reminded me of perfect bundles of cotton. I reached out my hand and watched as a small cluster of snow formed right in the palm of my hand, but shortly melted away and another one would try to form again. I licked the freshly fallen snow carefully off of my hand and soon became aware of my shivering child in hands. I silently walked over to the minivan and opened the door. I carefully placed jimmy in his car seat and buckled him in.
“There you go bud.”
He smiled his adorable smile then went back to sucking his thumb. I turned around to see my family rushing to the car for warmth. Each dressed in their finest cloths to show respect to their father above.

7 comments:

Elg Family said...

Savannah,
I LOVE your description! Its so easy to read what you write, it flows well and my dear, YOU really have a talent! Keep coming with more of your story, and also I would love to see you publish your story about the prayer you said in the New Era and on your blog. You really have a gift. I love you!
loves,
Moma

Sara and Brad Forbush said...

Savannah! You amaze me with your writing abilities! I love it! It's so descriptive! You have a natural talent for writing! Keep it up!

Jake and Annika said...

I am your biggest fan!!!! Please send me more stories for Anson as well. I can't get enough of them!

Savannah Elg said...

thanks guys!

simplycreating said...

Yea, I can't wait to read this story, you are amazing. And congrats on making the basketball team.

e.brooke said...

You are amazing! I had no idea that you were such an amazing writer!!! I hope that you write and publish books someday and we will stand in line to buy them!

Devin said...

very nice! keep writing stories!