NEW YEAR’S EVE
I remember very well the year of 1989. It was New
Year’s Eve. My sister, my brother and I had already
gotten presents from our mother and grandmother.
We were going to celebrate New Year’s Eve only
with our friends. Everything was ready but we did not
have a Christmas tree.
I decided to get one. I went to a certain place,
cut a tree, brought it home and everyone was very
happy. We decorated the tree, celebrated
New Year’s Eve and had a good time.
I was afraid of everything for I knew what was waiting
for me the next day. A man came to my house and
Told my grandmother what I had done. She had to pay
for the Christmas tree. I felt very foolish and sad.
N.V.
from Her Eyes Were Truth, writings by residents of the Battered Women & Children’s Shelter of Bexar County. 2006
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