The Power in The Sun, Moon, and Stars

Annelise Lords
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readNov 18, 2020

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A story of the power of love.

Sunset in Kingston Jamaica Image by Annelise Lords

Sisters Rose-Marie and Charmaine having lunch at Seafood Galore. The best seafood restaurant in New York. Sitting with a view of the Hudson River, Charmaine raises her brows when her sister ordered Lobster truffle Mac and Cheese. She bites onto her lips reminding herself why she bought her here. Ordering a Fruit and Nut Spinach Salad for herself.

They chit-chat throughout the meal, on the view, families, what’s happening in the world, and about their private life. The waiter cleared their table and returned for the check. Charmaine hands him her debit card, and said, “Take a ten per cent tip, I feel good today.”

Rose-Marie smiles, then Charmaine hit her with the first ball, “I heard that you refused the Managerial position at Lawson’s Technology. Why?”

Caught off guard, Rose-Marie shrugged her shoulders, pouts, her eyes out the window, looking at the waves as they sway to and fro saying, “It’s not for me.”

“Really?” Charmaine said. “You went through six years of college to get a master’s degree in Computer Science and sat on your degree, refusing to use it. Why don’t you want a job?”

Rose-Marie looks at her sister, swaying her eyes, thinking then said, “There are millions of people in our world who have degrees and don’t…

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