Goodbye Late 20'S

By Gloria Mullons

A self reflection of a woman growing up in the inner city and documenting life as it happens.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Nov 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781490748009

Gloria Mullons

I believe that every human being has a story and it should be told to share with the world. In sharing about my life I hope to inspire others to live a life that is full of love and service. I live in the midwest “Chicago” and I know that my purpose on this planet is to serve and love others.

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ISBN: 978-1-4907-4799-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4907-4801-6 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4907-4800-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014917505

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Contents

On You

Senses

Common

Plans

Arrival

ICU

I’m Sorry

You Are

I Can’t

Knock-Knock

Little Play

Morning Chitchat

Gift

Afterglow

Home

It’s Not Easy

New Year’s Morning

New Year’s Evening

Be Cool

Need to Fix Things

No Talking

Miss you

Oops! Jill Biden

The Walnut Room

Speeding

Change

Breathe

Estrogen

Blood Clots

Flavor

Free write

News

Homecoming

Arrangements

July

Books Inks 2nd Annual Community Festival

Mothers Birthday

More on Mom

This Feels Good

Professor Nanetti

City College

Labtime

Foreign Service

A Prayer

Listen

Bedtime

I’m Up

Choices

Snuggling

Plans

Doubt

It Happened Again

Lawndale

Double Dose

Walking

Snippets about Dad

Bumps

Cuddling

Group Interview

Middle School

Service

Sickness

Grandpa’s Place

A Familiar Routine

New Diagnosis

MJ 23

Snowed In

Westside

Embrace

Come Inside

Sorry

Work Day

Love Lingers

Long Day

Food

Better Days

Stronghold

I’m not the first

I Want You Settled

A Good Weekend

We Can

Will You Help Me

New Normal

Just Wait

No Matter

Thought of You

Lorraine’s Missy

God, Please Help Me

Time to cruise

Sweet Love

Midnight munchies,

Happy the Way Things Are

Hair Time

Loving My Man

Date Night

Non stop

Out for the Holidays

Lunch time

Insurance Companies

February

I Wonder

Crave My Lover

Day 3 on the New Job

Graduate School Graduation

Tinley Park Training

Summer Camp

Chantz

Damn

Love Yourself

My Mouth

Day before Extraction

Tooth Gone

How I’m Feeling

Sade Concert

A Trip

Am I Dreaming

Chitchatting

Living

A Coat and a Hat

A Pattern

Sound of Rain

Milwaukee

Time

Midnight

Errands

Old Habits

3:00 a.m.

January

Disagreement

After school programs

Happy Birthday

Programming

Not NW but NLU

Whitney

Help Me

Green Beans

Patience

Non stop

Car Hit

Hair cut

Missing each other

Costa Rica

Turn within

Bookclub

Lounging

Sales Guy

Grandmother Under the Weather Series

Advocate

No Pity

Honda Accord

Another Day

Peoria Packaging Butcher Shop

On You

The past few days have been nice,

The goal stays in the moment,

I tried but accept defeat,

Mother Nature has arrived,

Mornings prior to her arrival I wake,

Mornings prior to her arrival I imagine us,

Mornings prior to her arrival I’m on you in every way,

Mother Nature has arrived,

All I want is to lie on you,

All I want is to hear your heartbeat,

All I want is to caress your stomach with my hands and mouth,

All I want is to rub your chest and feel the hair, which has permanent residence unlike me,

All I want is to be on you,

Not sexually ’cause I can’t because of Mother Nature,

Being on you is what I crave,

Hungry for your space,

All I want is to be on you.

Senses

Not sure how this came to be,

Me being able to detect your highs and lows,

Perhaps spending days working on projects,

Maybe,

Perhaps having eye contact,

Perhaps it was the touches on the shoulder,

Maybe,

Perhaps it was the jokes,

Whatever it may be I’m happy to know that I can sense your highs and lows,

Never thought this would be although I would not change it for the world,

I finally get it,

Having a genuine concern for another person,

Learning about your highs and lows, I finally get it,

Senses,

We both get it.

Common

Our space,

Our things,

Our purpose,

Common we have the above,

Our passion to serve God,

Our passion to serve the universe,

Our person to serve the people,

Our love for music,

Our love for travel,

Our appreciation for style,

Our appetite for breakfast foods,

Our appetite for peanut butter,

Our need to be by the window on planes,

Our birthday May 19,

Most importantly our love for one another,

Common we have the above,

Not to mention our strong like for literature.

Plans

Plans are good,

Life doesn’t always go according to the plan,

Plans are good,

Woke up this morning blessed and thankful,

Turned on the tube for the political dishings,

Cleaned up my face and some spaces around the house,

Made my plans for the day,

The phone rings,

Caller ID says who it is,

The phone rings again and again,

My plans were placed on hold,

Receiving news that Big Mama was not doing so well,

Managed to shower and head to the 8th floor,

Managed to explain to my 74-year-old grandmother that her 83-year-old girlfriend had suffered minor series of strokes and she was about a mile or two away at Weiss Memorial hospital where the two of you worked for 30-plus years,

Managed to keep my cool while explaining all the events that occurred,

Not sure if it’s intuition or wisdom but you knew that something wasn’t right,

Life does not always go according to the plan.

Arrival

Grandmother and I manage to find a park on Marine drive insisting not to go into the lot, we walk arm in arm,

Heads low to fight the cold wind and rain,

Somehow you manage to give a lesson in the structure of Weiss Hospital and how when you started working there were only 2–4 floors,

Times have changed and the hospital has expanded significantly there are 8-plus floors now,

It’s been so long since I last visited,

Walking into the lobby,

Not sure if anyone is still here that I know,

The receptionist jumps out of her seat at the sight of you,

Oh my, where have you been?

You look so good,

Joy, love, excitement,

Tell me this,

How is she?