At Last – A Dreamer’s Story It was finally here and the magnitude of the moment had not been lost on me. Yes, I was nervous. Who wouldn’t be? It was not every day a woman like me, who had come from such humble beginnings, would now be standing here in these hallowed halls. As I waited, aContinue reading “At Last – A Dreamer’s Story – Flash Fiction”
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Lucia
Lucia stared through the window of the beautiful restaurant. It was 3:00pm and her interview was at 3:15 pm. This was a big step up from her family’s restaurant in the Bronx. The Italian Trattoria where everyone from the neighborhood would come. Her grandparents, immigrants from Sicily, had opened the restaurant in the 1930s. Lucia,Continue reading “Lucia”