Black Friday

The harsh bitter air froze my poor, ungloved fingers as they held on tightly onto the small paper. My eyes strained to distinguish the colorful shapes illuminated by the glowing moonlight above me. Looking up from the brochure, I found the line of shivering people began moving towards past the corner of the building. It took me a few seconds to wake up the frozen nerves in my legs and take a step forward. As the temperature dropped and time slowly went by, I began to realize that I should have bundled up in more layers tightly like a warm, puffy roll before leaving the house. I took a quick glance of the time on my phone. Only an hour left, I thought to myself. We stopped again, now closer to the entrance, so I looked around and then to the back of the line, only finding that the line got longer than it was when I arrived.
There was only a few minutes left before the doors were going to open. Families and friends prattled excitedly among their close knit groups about the things they wanted to purchase. As I eavesdropped into some of their conversations, I hear the echo of a man’s deep voice cutting through the commotion. “There will be no running in the store under any circumstances. If you get lost, use your map to lead you through the sections of the store or ask any of our store workers. If you are buying an Apple product, line up in front of the electronics center. If you are buying anything else, you can just line up at the check-out center to pay. I hope you guys have a safe and wonderful shopping experience this year.” A few minutes after he announced the warning, the doors opened as people ran towards the entrance. I walked in quickly then was blinded by bright lights in the store. I squinted my eyes and used by senses to...

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...re you doing up so early?” My golden retriever waited upon me on my queen-sized bed. Her tail wagged excitedly as she headed towards the Christmas tree, festive with many ornaments, expecting me to follow her. “Oh, alright!” chuckling lightly. I bent down to grab a box about the size of a shoe box underneath the tree. Wrapped in bright shiny foil in the color of my Golden Retriever, the box quickly became uncovered. “Here’s yours buddy! I hope you like it!” I pulled out a soft cloth toy from the box. It was a plushie dressed in red and white about the size of a shoe. Sally snatched the item and jumped excitedly holding her new Santa dog toy in her snout. Thrilled that she was enjoying her gift, I took out my DSLR camera and looked through the lens. Taking a snapshot of Sally as she proudly smiled for the camera, I captured the precious and magical moment around us.