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Topic: Illustrate the meaning of “All that Glitters is Not Gold” (without using the actual phrase or literal example). (01/24/08)
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TITLE: Better walking away | Previous Challenge Entry
By Gale BROWN
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He was a charming professional with a lot going for him in the business world but his personal life was in a mess. He had just found out that his wife of ten years was having an affair. He was so heart broken but he held up well in front of everyone.
He would call me late at night telling me how he never wanted his marriage end. He loved her so much and don't know how something like this could happen to him. I told him stay strong in this difficult situation in his life. He said something that should have given me a hint in the beginning. He said he couldn't realize why a smart women like me was single.
Our talks began to get more personal and I began to go out with him as a friend. His wife would stare darts through me after they divorced. I never understood why she hated me so much until now.
My grandmother pull me to the side and told me that he's not all that he seem to be. He just to good and that means trouble she told me. My grandmother was old and didn't understand today's man.
We got marry three months after his divorce was finalized; my family thought that was to quick. I was in love with him and they didn't want to see me happy.
But now I realize that warm and loving don't pay the bills. He never had any money and we went through my saving in a little less than a year. We worked hard but seem not to going forward. He said it was the child support but I found out later that he wasn't even paying any.
One day out of the blue, his wife called, how does it feel now to be broke and hurt all at the same time. He doing to you what he did to me. Look around there is someone else that he's spending your money on. After all the charm, kind, and loving ways disappears you can see the real him if you just look. I am warning something that no one did for me, except my family. Guard your heart against the things that he is about pull on you. Thank God that the two of you have no children.
After I hung up the phone with her, tears ran down my eyes because I knew what she was saying was true. He was slowly killing me from the inside, because I didn't want my family to know how right they were.
That day I confronted him and he told that he never loved me. He was just in it for the money and he had got what he wanted. He packed his bags and moved out that very day. I can still hear him laughing at the damage he had done in my life. He was like the enemy, he stole my joy, kill my desire to be with the Lord, and distory my connection with God. But I let him and for that I paid the price of rebellion.
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This piece would be much stronger if edited for grammar errors; I especially noted some missing suffixes and misspelled words. Perhaps a second pair of eyes to look at your work?
Your title says it all, doesn't it?
Laury
At the end, there are two typos, "Kill" should be "killed" and "distory" should be "destroy" otherwise, this is some pretty deep stuff! ^_^