Vanola-Ann Choices

By Marion P. Myers

eet Vanola Ann and her friends, Diane and
Kristen. They have so many choices to make…but
will they choose the right ones? Some of her acquaintances
have decisions to make also. Perhaps you can help them
because the choices they make now will impact their lives
later.
(and the choices you make now will impact your life later too!)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 28, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469144047

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Copyright © 2012 by Marion P. Myers.

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CONTENTS

Introduction

You Trippin’

Cyberspace Trouble

Text Mess

Say What!?

Driving and Drinking

Staying Healthy

Hair!

Family does matter

Peer Pressure

I got this

Get With the Program

Chores

Money, money, money

About the Author

INTRODUCTION

L ET ME INTRODUCE myself, I’m Ann-Elizabeth Harris. But I prefer you call me Vanola Ann. I’ll tell you why later. I’m 14 years old. I have a real cool brother. His name is Kelvin. He’s 17 and in the 11 th grade. He plays basketball. Kelvin is almost 6 feet tall. To me, he looks alright but all of my friends have a serious crush on him. He looks after me and is very protective, sometimes too protective. My parents are very strict but I know they care about us. We live in the city where so many good and bad things happen. My mother owns a day care center. All those little kids can be brats at times but that’s how I make my money. I work a few days after school. I even have a little babysitting job. Sometimes my mom’s customers ask me to baby sit on the weekends.

My dad is a computer technologist. He repairs computers. He also makes them. By the way, I’m a Daddy’s girl, but I still don’t get my way all the time. He loves electronics. Every gadget that’s out there, we have it. He says we have to keep up with technology. He hopes one of us goes to college for computer technology. I may consider it. But for my brother Kelvin, he has his eyes on being a doctor. He doesn’t know what kind yet. Oh, I almost forgot, my parents take care of our little cousin, Pablo. Pablo is eight years old going on twenty. He lives with us, at least for now. And he is a real pain at times. He’s my cousin Ryan’s son. Ryan, is in the Air Force. His mom and my mom were sisters. My Aunt Mary died when he was 12, since then, Ryan has lived with us. His girlfriend is from Mexico and had to go back home for awhile. She asked my mom if Pablo could stay with us until she gets back.

Now, let me tell you about me. I’m kind of tall, 5’8 with long hair. I have a dark brown complexion. I love tennis. I’m on the tennis team. I’ve also been told I could be a model but I’m not feeling that. I came up with the name Vanola Ann because I am so dark and the color of vanilla is white. Get it? Vanola is for vanilla. Boys in school say, To be so dark, you are very pretty."

Oh so dark skin can’t be pretty? I’d ask. Then they give me a real stupid look like I was the one who was trippin’. But I’m used to it. It doesn’t bother me anymore. More about me later.

But let me tell you about my home girls. First, there’s Diane. She is a riot! She lives with her mother and her live-in boyfriend. Diane is an only child. She is a wiz at Math. She gets picked on by other students because she’s chubby. She just started growing dreadlocks and they really look good on her. We’ve been friends since kindergarten. I feel sorry for her at times because her mom always gets with these no good men acting like she can’t make it without one. Sometimes, Diane thinks she cares about her boyfriends more than her.

Then there’s Kristen. She lives with her dad while her mom is in the