Russell Pierce
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Artist, designer, musician, writer and lover of life.
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A Good Kick in the Pants
A Good Kick in the Pants Maggie’s left eye cracked open at exactly 5:59 am, one minute before the alarm clock was set to do it’s job. She didn’t understand how this talent manifested itself but utilized it to give her daughter, Molly, sleeping in the bed next to her an extra 20 minutes of sleep before rising for school. Maggie and Molly shared a one bedroom apartment in the Lower East Side of Manhattan well before the area became the upscale neighborhood it is today. Molly had just turned 8, Maggie was 29. Her husband had an affair while Maggie was pregnant and left for good shortly after Molly’s birth. Times were lean, Maggie made just enough for them to scrape by with few extravagances. Yet they were happy.
By Russell Pierce3 years ago in Families