A Week Away
A Week Away PRELUDE: It was a typical summer day; the sun was blazing and it was saltry and humid, whispering of approaching storms in the surrounding hills. I was just out of school for summer vacation, as was my sister, Christy, and as usual we were both trying to finish up our chores around the house so that we could go out and enjoy the sun like typical kids on a typical summer day. We lived in a small community of about 15,000 people with our mother, Janice, a nurse and...