{"id":2357,"date":"2017-03-31T23:18:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T23:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/how-to-write-a-memoir.com\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2017-03-31T23:18:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T23:18:29","slug":"power-of-thought-mw-4-ex-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/how-to-write-a-memoir.com\/?p=2357","title":{"rendered":"Power of Thought – MW 4 Ex 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Power of Thought<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my brother\u2019s senior year, we were transplanted from Calgary to Richmond. I was one grade behind him.\u00a0 We suffered severe culture shock and a huge upheaval in our once stable social lives.\u00a0 Making new friends was difficult and some our new friends did not meet with our parents\u2019 approval.<\/p>\n

Kathy was high on that list causing our parents\u2019 grief. A large girl with ample breasts to match, she wore heavy makeup and skin-tight clothes that left little to the imagination. Her guiles were of the feminine kind as opposed to the intellectual kind.\u00a0 She clamped on to my brother like a limpid \u2013 both physically and emotionally.\u00a0 She seemed to be in continual season thus keeping my brother in kind of a perpetual rut that clouded his mind.\u00a0 His grade were falling precipitously and graduation was looking sketchy.\u00a0 This became a sore point with our parents.<\/p>\n

My brother announced his intention of heading out for the evening on a school night.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to stay home and finish your assignments,\u201d my mother said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am 18 and you\u2019re not my boss anymore,\u201d my brother replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going out to see Kathy. She\u2019s not good for you.\u00a0 She is just using you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKathy is my girlfriend. Leave her out of this!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut she is the cause of it. Every time that sluts opens her legs, you\u2019re there!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNO, NO, NO, you guys moving us out here was the cause!!\u201d my brother screamed.<\/p>\n

At this point, I tried to intervene and get my brother to calm down. I could not match him physically so suggested everyone take a breath.\u00a0 I was standing between him and the door.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t let him leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot from you to, just leave me alone,\u201d as he headed for the back door to the garage.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t go, your car won\u2019t start!\u2019 I shouted as he pushed by me.<\/p>\n

He slammed the door on his way out to his perfectly maintained car. I just knew his car wouldn\u2019t start.\u00a0 Just as I knew, if he had left in anger he would have been in a serious car accident.\u00a0 I had had the gift of sight many times before but never the power of telekinesis.\u00a0 How I did it remains a mystery to this day but I knew I needed to do it.\u00a0 Perhaps, the Gypsy blood that runs in the family, particularly, in my aunts on my mother\u2019s side helped.<\/p>\n

My brother crashed back into the house and screamed into my face \u201cWhat the hell did you do to my car!\u201d<\/p>\n

Standing my ground, I screamed back \u201cI didn\u2019t do anything but as soon as you calm down and you\u2019re safe it will start!\u201d<\/p>\n

He stomped up to his room and slammed his door. An hour or so later he went to the garage and the car started no problem.\u00a0 He slipped out for the evening and returned quite late but safely.\u00a0 I know as I was awaiting his safe return before I fell asleep.<\/p>\n

Several months later when his lust had played out, he quietly stopped seeing Kathy. His grades did improve and he managed to graduate high school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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