Gathering Darkness

At dusk, a burst of sunset pokes its way through a gray wall of clouds. A small girl stands by the village green and looks up at the sunset. Two tall trees are up there too, scratching the roof of the_ Illa:I know I should move on look into our future but I just can’t help [...]
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Juli:
Naturally I don't mind spending time alone, and because of how holidays have been these last few years for me, they're more of another day.
(24 December 2018)

Lachelle:
Why would a guy be suicidal and depressed because the girl he was seeing left him only after he refused to commit?
(24 December 2018)

Lachelle:
That makes no sense, he didn't lose her and could have her back, so why the depression?
(24 December 2018)

Lachelle:
He lived with her so why didnt he just make her his girlfriend?
(24 December 2018)

Lachelle:
The girl is in love with him, her profile picture is of them together still, she's still single and insisting she would be with him if he commits.
(24 December 2018)

Lachelle:
He's 38, she's 21. She would have done anything for him and has said many times she'd drop everything, change her life and goals to be able to be his girlfriend.
(24 December 2018)

Yu:
What are the average costs of raising a baby?
(24 December 2018)

Marylee:
I can't go outside, because my parents haven't bought me snow pants yet.
(24 December 2018)

Marylee:
My dad gets home around 5. I don't know what to do for 2 hours and 30 minutes.
(24 December 2018)

Marylee:
I'm a tween and my mom and sister are asleep.
(24 December 2018)