[aesop_chapter title=”Chapter One: The Visitor” bgtype=”img” full=”off” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/69016933_2827405087273643_3016435040415383552_n.jpg” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#888888″ revealfx=”frombelow” overlay_revealfx=”frombelow”] There once lived a little family, nestled in a cozy apartment on the 10th floor of a sky-high building in Taipei, Taiwan. A lofty apartment home with long deep hallways…

[aesop_chapter title=”Intro ” bgtype=”color” full=”on” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#0080c0″ revealfx=”fromleft” overlay_revealfx=”fromleft”] My Family usually never goes on vacations, but when the time comes that we are actually able to afford one is a huge treat. Is this short little story I am essentially going to give a…

[aesop_parallax img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/timelapse-photography-of-vehicle-on-concrete-road-near-in-169677.jpg” parallaxbg=”on” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”off” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”]   When James made his way back down to Massachusetts to visit a few clients, he decided to make a phone call.   Ring…Ring…Ring Making her way from one side of her condo toward the phone on…

      [aesop_image img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/14045582_10153820468271305_24286417649976430_n.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”50%” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”] The announcer began listing the finishers; “Ingalls, Ingalls, Ingalls…” The streak continued for several minutes. The audience chuckled, it appeared as if the race had been an excuse for a family reunion.…

    [aesop_image img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/17650500-1.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]     [aesop_quote type=”block” background=”#ffffff” text=”#000000″ align=”center” size=”2″ quote=”To play the game is good, To win is better, But to love the game is best of all” cite=”Author Unknown” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”]    …

[aesop_chapter title=”Leaving Home” bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/moving.jpg” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#88753b” minheight=”300px” maxheight=”300px” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”] The exact date I can’t remember but that day, I will never forget. Growing up in s small rural; town in Massachusetts I was used to a certain way of life, backyard playing…

When I was little, I’d listen to my peers complain about how annoying their siblings were. They would go on and on how they would fight about the most stupid things. As I would listen, I remember I’d think, “I wish I had someone to…

      [aesop_parallax height=”500px” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Park_.jpg” parallaxbg=”on” parallaxspeed=”8″ caption=”I went by our spot tonight just to see if you were there” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”on” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”] I guess someone else had to use it tonight       [aesop_parallax height=”1000″ img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Town.jpg” parallaxbg=”fixed” captionposition=”bottom-right” lightbox=”off”…

  [aesop_chapter title=”How My Parents Met Part 1″ bgtype=”img” full=”on” img=”http://jolineblais.net/nmd343/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/images.jpeg” video_autoplay=”play_scroll” bgcolor=”#888888″ revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]   My mother and father both went to the University of Maine in Orono to continue their education. My father went for Forestry and my mother for teaching, the only…

    “All right everybody: from the top of the show all the way through, and then we’ll get a water break! This is our last rehearsal, so let’s make it the best one yet!”    Emma and the two other drum majors ran to…