As it is in Heaven
It’s the longest day of the year and Marlo is over it. Hot and overwhelmed, Marlo leans back in her chair and crosses her arms over her head. As she closes her eyes, she slowly drifts away from all of life’s problems that were waiting for her at the local library. Her past due medical bills and rent, her struggle in finding a job and her student loan debt all went away temporarily as she placed herself in a mental oasis. Just when Marlo was about to crawl into her hammock on the beach, she was brought back to reality by a tug on her shirt. “Sorry to bother you, but are you done with the computer? I want to play a game” said the young child, who couldn’t have been no older than ten. “No, I’m not, sorry” Marlo responded groggily. Reluctantly, Marlo returned to her work. Marlo has been at the library most of the day looking for resources to help her out financially. As she searched, she wrote down every resource that she was eligible for in her favorite black, leatherback journal. Her grandmother bought it for her as a souvenir when she visited Spain last year. Marlo uses this black book to write down almost everything from budgeting to her dreams and aspirations.
