I was born around the Appalachian mountain area.

I was born around the Appalachian mountain area.

After I left school, I moved around a lot. A great deal happened in my life in the past five years.

Recently I'd gotten a call that my uncle passed away.

A simple cabin hidden deep within the woods, and a truck was all that had been left of his life. After

everything I decided spending some time at the cabin would be a good idea. The cabin looked

a bit on the rougher side when I arrived. My uncle heard his back and wasn't able to do most

of the upkeep for a while. I hadn't been there for years, and it took some time to figure out what

I was doing. After two weeks I got the small cabin back in shape. Since I wasn't in a rush to leave,

I bought more supplies to stay a bit longer. It felt odd not having a schedule. For so long my

life didn't change from day to day. I was stuck doing the same

things at the same time to keep the bills paid, and in an instant, that all changed. Gray-threatening

clouds started to roll in while I was fishing. I checked my phone trying to see what the weather

would be like for the rest of the night. It didn't work half the time because I was so deep

in the woods. It took five minutes for it to load up the information about a nasty storm. Packing up

quickly, I booked it back to the cabin. That old building better hold against what was coming.

It grew so dark I needed to turn on a lantern in the middle of the day. I made a note of how many unread books I had left,

and that I needed to pick up new ones when I was in town next.

As I cooked an early dinner, the rain started to come down hard.

The wind blew rattling the windows.

Thunder rumbled so hard I felt it in the floorboards. This was a night to

stay inside and under some blankets. More lightning flashed and I glanced outside at the right time.

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