Today's Word: Titan

Florida was hot. I didn't make many friends because it was summertime, but I stayed out of the house as long as possible every day, because daddy was coming home exhausted from testing. That made him mean. . . everything mad daddy mean.
School started and mom packed me off with my TITAN5™ lunchbox. Kids in Pensacola didn't like TITAN5™, they said it was too last year. I begged for a new one, and when mom said no, I begged all the more. Too much. Dad heard me one night, begging for something new -- he didn't care what it was: toy, clothes, lunchbox -- it was reason enough.


To be continued