Outside Event 4

I attended the readings from the Memphis Creative Writing program (?) The first reading was about a woman who had a baby, but sadly it was premature. The baby struggled and had to be given support for it to stay alive. Eventually the mother saw a baby who was struggling just like hers. Her baby eventually recovered and she had to deal with not being able to be with her baby very often while watching the other baby wither away. The hope that stayed alive in herself had died in the family of the other baby. The main emphasis of her writing was how she had to deal with seeing other people suffer while she has hope. It was tough to listen to at moments. The other story I am blogging about is the writing about a young man's life in his hometown. The story begins in North Webster, Indiana, where the young man is attending a karate lesson. In the town there is a club known as Stimmelators named after the owner Samuel Stimmel, one of the dancers from Stimmelators is also attending the karate class. The young man ends up meeting her and helps her with her lessons. Later, he and a few of his friends decide to use the abandoned bank next to Stimmelators as a fort to throw water balloons at the various patrons coming in and out of the club. It ends up that the commotion attracts none other than Sam Stimmel himself, Sam get his shoes wet from a missed throw and he yells and then returns inside. It ends up that the dancer that the young man befriended show up and is hit with a water balloon thrown by his friend. They panic and run to their car and continue to make a hasty getaway. The third story is not even worth mentioning, it was very disturbing....