They Took Away My Recess

They Took Away My Recess is a series of both imaginary and factual short stories that masterfully use personification of nature and encounters with inanimate things. They present the author’s vivid and amusing memoirs of people, places, special happenings, and thrilling moments. It takes the reader from the author’s simple childhood thoughts to her profound adult beliefs.

She narrates a heartwarming and beautiful story about her abiding love and respect for her caring mother, their interesting country house, and exciting family life. The short stories represent an inspiring, remarkable, uplifting, fascinating, and timeless memoir for her family to cherish.

Life as a child was always recess time. You’d wake up in the morning, looking forward to playing, but really didn’t know the true value of the time you spent that gave you freedom, whether it was for a few minutes or if it lasted for hours. This was your time, until that day came when life itself seemed uncontrollable and began to slowly put obstacles in your way that caused you to challenge its validity. You would discover that life and just living They Took Away My Recess.

Many of you may be able to relate to these stories, as they are some of my favorites, and I felt that I should share them with you. I hope you will share them with others.