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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 6- 

Battles of life

I refused to do the things that nice, domesticated girls were supposed to do, and spent all my time in my grandfather’s library.

It wasn’t that I was rebellious or anything it was more that I was not interested in growing up trained in domesticity as my mother insisted.

The ritual Monday morning stripping of beds and re-making with starched sheets and tight hospital corners drove me crazy.

Rather I snuck off whenever I could to grandfather’s library and buried myself in his many wonderful texts.

Grandfather had been an engineer, and I was drawn to all things to do with that. He had multiple volumes, and I found myself devouring the ones that dealt with mathematical issues. Alongside that, the physics of engineering fascinated me more and more.

I found there was a corner of his library where I could secrete myself and read to my heart’s content.

My…

at the age of twelve
she longed to play with his toys
she’s still trying to
prove to her aloof mother
she’s as good as her brother

In response toReena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 16

she
thinks
that her
son is a
spitting image of
her father – seeks his approval

In response toReena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 15