brooke vecchi
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long time writer, new to rv living. restarting my vocal journey
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Genocide is Coming
The laws that are currently being passed in our country are no longer able to hide behind the notion of being, "for the wellbeing of the children." America was supposed to be the country that was based on the idea of being a melting pot where everyone could come and be welcome to be themselves. Now it seems that the only individuals that are being welcomed into this so-called melting pot are those that are approved by the people who would consider themselves the massive of this country.
By brooke vecchi3 years ago in Pride
Nights at the Lab
Every night at midnight, the purple clouds came out to dance with the blushing sky. I guess you could say it was weird that I still had the same mobile hanging above my bed at sixteen that was in my nursery, but it is the one thing I know that my mother picked out for me. So, as I wake up at midnight like I do every day, I see the purple clouds floating around the pink sky painted on the center of the mobile hanging from my ceiling.
By brooke vecchi3 years ago in Fiction
The Storytellers
In the small town of Coventry in New England, families rushed around the Saturday morning farmer’s market not knowing what lay in the woods beyond the city limits. This particular Saturday, Emerine and her husband Niko were exhausted after a long week of testing and therapy sessions for their son Everett. So exhausted in fact, they did not seem to notice when Everett wandered away from the vegetable stand overflowing with people bagging the seasonal food and started following wisps of light into the woods at the edge of the field. From the naked eye, one may not even see these wisps of light as they traveled further into the wood, but Everett was special and therefore could see things that others had not. He continued to follow the wisps and their fluttering wings deeper and deeper until he was lost in circles of mushrooms in the middle of the forest floor.
By brooke vecchi3 years ago in Fiction
Raising Autism in an RV
My son is eight years old and when he was younger we moved quite a bit between houses and apartments. Sometimes, we lived in multiple apartments or houses in one year up until he was five. The we moved to Arizona where in three years, we lived in three places, one of them was for two years.
By brooke vecchi3 years ago in Families
Why I left Hustle Culture
Survival skills are meant to be learned within the confines of Scout Troops and the Military. In America, for many children we learn them young and without ability to distinct the moments where we do not have to fight for our lives. I grew up in the American dream home, two floors, two adults in the home and three kids. I was in the middle, my sister who was emotionally younger than me was older than I and my brother was the youngest but as the glue that held the family from my mother to my stepfather, he was safer for most of his life. This story isn't about that but the abuse from an alcoholic stepfather is the first lesson I had to keep moving, keep my head low and never stop working because nothing is stable.
By brooke vecchi4 years ago in Motivation
I Found Peace in the Violence
I wish that I could sit down with my younger self and take all of her self-hatred and loathing and explain to her the truth that would bloom out of her life. It took me so long to figure out who I am and grow into who I am today. I still have so much growth to do. When I was younger church was a huge part of my life. My friends were there, my family was there. I grew up in one church for most of my life.
By brooke vecchi4 years ago in Pride
Taking on the Dream Fulltime
This is not really the beginning of a new journey for me but rather a return to a childhood dream that I have bounced off to the side for far too long. I have been a writer as long as I have been old enough to pick up a pencil. I have worked as a writer within my business for nearly ten years but never allowed it to be my main focus out of fear that it would never be enough. I once read a quote by someone that said, “Do what you love and the money will follow.” This year I am doing just that and chasing full time writing with everything that I have.
By brooke vecchi4 years ago in Journal
