!@th post (12th post)

          When it's dark, you can't see. It overwhelms you, caves you in.
          The power goes out at night, and nothing works. Not the stove, not the refrigerator, not the lights. You sit wishing you had a book to read, or paper to draw on, because that's all you can do. You have to scurry to find flashlights and candles, hoping you still have them up to their full battery power, or that you still have matches. All you can do is try to make it a fun, exciting experience in the pitch black. It's easy.
          Well, easier then when the power goes out in the afternoon. When you are in the middle of cooking in the oven, it's a big, irksome blow when there is no power available for the oven to run. You can no longer cook. And it's worse when it's Father's day and you are cooking a special meal for your father. You hope that the power comes back soon because it feels as though you cannot function without electricity.
          In our day and age, in our community, it's hard for most of us to go without power. Why is that? It's because we are so used to it. We take it for granted. We don't realize that we have it until it's gone.
          So this post is to say how grateful I am for all the power we have. It's a blessing, and I hope that we all can come to know not to waste it. We are lucky.
          Though the dark can be a never-ending tunnel of black, it's always good to know that there will be light at the end.

          ~Alessia