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Not My Daddy
November 11, 2013 is a day I will never forget. It started out as a regular day. I was off work for Veterans Day so I went to High Point to visit my sister and nephew. I rode with my sister to Durham and hung out with her for a few hours. On my drive back to Charlotte I laughed and joked with my mom as we usually do. I had been home for less than 30 minutes when my sister called and said, “Are you sitting down?” I told her yes and she continued to say “daddy passed away”. Just like it was five minutes ago I clearly remember saying,…
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Hello World!
You may be asking “what are these sparks that I’m supposed to feel?” and that is a great question with a simple answer. When I was trying to decide on a name, I knew I wanted it to represent me but at the same time I thought about one of my friends telling a friend to check out a blog on a website that includes my name. Fortunately, and unfortunately, I don’t have a common name with an even more uncommon spelling. I could imagine people typing “sparkle”, “sparkel”, and anything other than “sparkal” and getting frustrated and just giving up. Going back to college, Fayetteville State University (Bronco Pride), people…