A Taste of Freedom

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You know the weekend is over because Sunday evening there is a steady stream of campers headed back home.

You see, the fun must come to an end for another week.

As the weekend dwellers return, they start preparing for the upcoming week.

Laundry must be done, and the camper cleaned for next time. Did the homework get completed and were lunches made for school tomorrow?

Don’t forget you are taking the boys to soccer on Wednesday.

So two days of fun and freedom are earned for 5 days of hard work and sacrifice.

Have to make the money to pay for the toys that are only used on freedom days.

Is that the American dream, to slave away at a job that only pays for a taste of freedom?

— Nicole Barden 5/16/2021

Originally published in Illumination on Medium