Long Time Gone
"Stop fidgeting!" It was my sister elbowing me again. Church is all well and good but why did it have to be so boring? Grandma says people didn't used to have to go to church. The government didn't always make everyone go. She doesn't talk to us kids about the before times anymore. Not since papa slapped Jared for saying he thought we should all get to vote for the government like grandma used to. The stories she would tell were mostly silly. People traveling to the stars and living on other planets; even the moon. But other times they were scary and gave me nightmares. Like the one about the bees and fish dying and people starving and fighting wars. That one gave me nightmares for a week.