Thank you for adding your image sources, and welcome to The Ink Well, @bigtakosensei.

Now that you're here, please have a look around and get to know our community. Here are a few tips for getting acquainted:

• Be sure to read The Ink Well community rules at the top of the community home page, and check out our FAQ about The Ink Well.
• We accept two kinds of short stories in The Ink Well: fictional stories and creative nonfiction stories.
• We are all about quality, and we expect writers to carefully review their work before posting. Not doing so will result in low curation rewards or posts being ignored. You can see our article on checking your posts for grammar [here] (https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@theinkwell/writing-tip-of-the-week-30-help-for-the-grammatically-challenged).
• You can find some great articles on story writing in our [catalog of storytelling tips] (https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@theinkwell/catalog-of-fiction-writing-tips-from-the-ink-well).
• You can find information about what we are looking for in creative nonfiction stories in [this post] (https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@theinkwell/creative-nonfiction-what-it-is-and-tips-for-success).

And please be sure to engage in the community by reading and commenting on the work of other community members. We ask everyone who posts in The Ink Well to read and comment on at least two other stories for each one published.

Note: Your story is not really a creative nonfiction story. It is an essay. Creative nonfiction (like fiction) requires character development, action, dialogue and other storytelling techniques. Please be sure to review the resources provided above.

Thank you, and again, welcome!