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Excerpt : John Marshall Law School


The day finally arrived.  I  was going to be attending John Marshall Law School in Atlanta.   
This was one of the proudest moments of my father’s life.   He was absolutely thrilled, that his 
only child, a daughter had been accepted.    This made my father very happy and he just thought 
it was so poetic, that I would soon be a member of such an elite group as he was. 
After all, my father Jackson Martin had been an alumni of John Marshall Law School and 
maintained a perfect 4.0 gpa and had been one of the top in his class.   He always wanted 
to keep his legacy going and now all eyes were on me.   
I was excited in being able to finally start at John Marshall so that I could finally have my 
freedom or so I thought.
You see my father did not like the fact that I had chosen to live with my boyfriend Dante 
Caryle.  He was furious and always had his reservations about our relationship.  
To say that my father and I were at a crossroads is an understatement.  I for the life of me
just did not understand, his way of thinking.   I mean I loved my father but his constant 
put down of my own relationship, began to play a number on me. 
“ This dark path I walk alone... 
 always in torture because of the reminders
of the past”.
“Will I ever be able to break the chains”?

Comments

  1. Carole Di TostiApril 28, 2012 at 12:35 PM

    Promoting this on my FB pg. We're in the same group on Linked in. This is what I do to support the writers' community. It's a wonderful idea to be giving and help one another...traditional publishing is dying...thank God.

    Anyway, the post is interesting...I also joined your blog. Could you return the favor?

    1)join my blog? It's http://www.thefatandtheskinnyonwellness.com/

    2)Like my FB pg? It's https://www.facebook.com/Writingdivine
    You will see your pic on the left...you may have to scroll down...the page is hopping!

    Anyway, will also post this on linked in.
    Ciao for now,
    Carole

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  2. Syl SteinApril 28, 2012 at 6:15 PM

    Dear Carole,

    Thanks so so much means so much, and I most definitely will, and I will also post your facebook page on my Writing corner and feel free to post. I also wanted to let you know I joined your blog. Thanks for the support and I will also give you my support on facebook, linked in and twitter, I also wanted to let you know about the Women's Literary cafe.com- their founder does a #ShareTheLove4 Authors and you can post your facebook page and there is also a section for blogs as well! Hope you will check it out and thanks for joining my blog and the comment of my excerpt, glad you liked it!

    Syl Stein

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  3. Claudia BarlowMarch 2, 2014 at 4:49 PM

    This is interesting. I look forward to reading more.

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  4. Syl SteinMarch 2, 2014 at 9:03 PM

    Dear Claudia,

    thanks!

    Sylvia

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