clyde smith

Little Black Books

For as long as I could remember my grandpa has been my savior. He saved me from a tragic house fire that claimed the lives of both my parents. He raised me, taught me everything I know and has been there for me my whole life. Today is the saddest day of my life because now I am on my own. He passed away suddenly a few days ago after I came back from class. The worst part was I found him in his favorite place, the science laboratory! Well, that is what we called it, but it is just our plain old garage. We used it for experiments and new discoveries we came up with. I found him in his chair holding a little black book with my name on it. As weird as it sounds, I had never seen the book before but even weirder the book looked older than me and grandpa combined.