In Honor of Shirley Yancey Young
Isabella’s Diary
The Heritage of ( Great Gretta Combs)....
Written and Illustrated by Cindy Young
July 4th 2018
♡…. “it Doesn't seem the same …without you”.♡….
Dear Isabella,
… you were 10 years old when I left you... I'm ready to say what I mean… what I have felt…… I let you go because I know you are of a China royal family ..
Dear Isabella… don't forget if you ever need me… I will be there for you always… your mother by blood…
love Mayflower….
The letter came by courier and Father Misty opened it instead...oh.he thought sighing. It was written on crinkled paper….
Father Misty was the priest. Of the Catholic Church and Orphanage... it was simply called J.C.’s Will most everyone who knew of it as J.C.s… ( Jesus Christ) The Father kneeled before entering the Church by the corners of the pews making the sign of the cross. …
It's been a long day… and he was leaving for a trip to Bahrain.
…… Misty included Isabella in his prayers.
Isabella heard something he feared ...she was completely deaf… he thought sometimes ,without a “mom” it angered Father Misty when they walked out…but circumstances were also something to be aware of…
Great Gretta was the nun she was the “ mother of the Monastery… …at the children's orphanage to be honest. Really she was
All some of the kids had sometimes .. something Father Misty relied on for the necessity and importance of the lives mainly of the different ages of the young girls…
Great Gretta Combs and Father Misty helped to give the children a home and off the streets of New York City… J.C.s was on the outskirts of Chinatown … in New York City..
Mostly he knew Isabella was fine for the moment at least….he sat hunched over the desk … and recalled the girl for some reason here lately he Father Misty was struggling with his own emotions, there was a knot
In his throat and it hurt to swallow…
The knot he tried to cough
At Least ..the knot was lodged and didn't budge. Rubbing his weary eyes .
..the knot boiled up. the knot was similar to his heart and his mind…it included a design of God's plan. Father Misty made lists of groceries ..bills...errands. Point Blank It was Father Misty's Collar..
Tears happened against his will . The lump and the knot that he couldn't find words to describe not even thoughts… just spread thru his chest and ached . The muscles coiled muscles he hardly ever used…. Anymore. So…
Something bothered him Father Misty had a mind somewhat to the mind of God. If anyone knew how that felt.
Everything… aches and pains… evidently it was more lists… tears fell… Father Misty s nose burned as the hot tears rolled…
His face was wet .. he didn't even reach his old wrinkled hands to brush them away….
He closed his eyes not wanting to see … what the Hell was wrong …
… quiet…it still lingered… fuzzy faded colors blended together… Father Misty s glasses was on the edge of the table… maybe because the emotions of tears and not wearing the corrected lenses he was used to.
And exhaustion Father Misty sat behind his desk.cold. if anyone thought to notice ! The culprits...
… ...
Isabella's gestures suggested some kind of inner voice... he wasn't quite sure . He took a moment to pray Father Misty tried to not be so critical but so many nights and days he watched the children … Cry for reasons of their own kind… ..and it left it's toll affecting Father Misty for his part…
Somewhere in the City of New York… Stash one of the Truffles Mafia gang Members made it home..from a private night of escapades..after his shift ended driving New York s finest taxi services he scuttled and scurried weaving between pedestrian s with dogs on leashes… the” sidewalks jammed” his angel wings and halo was in the closets of heaven s home away from home....describing Stash was mostly easy… He was sometimes mistaken for a girl on a closer look at his features confirmed the first initial thought might have been wrong….
Stash was a Angel. He collected the pearls …and then Stash deposited them into the small purse he carries. The ring leader was Cheddar Sharp he was his boss.. Cheddar Sharp here on Earth was really a bad guy…
Stash worked as a cab driver when he wasn't stealing pearls… He was a spy in fact maybe a double agent…
After reading the last bit.of the letter . Father Misty was in his office of the church orphanage…books surrounded him of theology and history with a few biography s along with some classic stories written 100s of years ago…his library in his study was impressive. The beautiful leather bound covers of encyclopedias dated at least over a hundred years ago and were more elegant compared to the stifled collections of research done today.. slowly they were becoming extinct...looking around he read the titles on some of the books. And his music collection as well. They never grew tiresome or old that is if he didn't praise them constantly for the Father's 65 years of age.. he juggled between thick copies and extensive stories such as War and Peace then went on to read novellas…feeling foolish for his naive sheltered monastery lives with the nuns a few foul words would make an account like this be more appealing less lovestruck and more like earth we all know Father Misty wanted to have and exert a backbone…. From the literature he stressed oftentimes they were the hidden da vinci codes … he guessed from the few visits to the city of New York City the inner city his books didn't mean a lot…. Why he looked at them with admirations.. … and he
folded the picture that was included in side the envelope...and tucked it into his desk drawer...locking it and silently went to the chapel to pray… remembering the day Isabella came to the orphanage… … 6 years ago...then It was the day of July 4th 2012
He petitioned Mother Mary...lightening a candle in honour of Jesus,...
He didn't want Isabella to see the letter from her mother…her mother was. Miss Mayflower.
Father Misty had not thought to inspect Isabella s past or invade her life with questions of her background. Prying into her life and history… sometimes s he considered it but was afraid of what he'd find …
All he knew was that Miss Mayflower was from England or Spain…. Father Misty was unsure. . Miss Mayflower belonged to the Baron's household. He was a lawyer. She worked for…organizing notes and ECT. …. During a famous turmoil and a feudal trial. The whole lot of them needed to be hauled in for fraud...Only Baron George was willing to undertake… He suggest Miss Mayflower circle the globe while he got together things needed for her husband's release from …. China's cell. … Miss Mayflower did as was suggested… keeping in touch with Baron George's advice and counseling … while she was away… Baron George helped her… he was Miss Mayflower’s relative…. Baron George was from England or Spain and was apart of the England's Courthouse…. That's how Mayflower sailed with guidance from Baron George… her petticoats bussels stockings corsets long gloves plum hats the lists of her belongings and her career as a clothes designer….. as much as it is hard to follow the dashed lines of the boots compass Miss Mayflower made it…. To America….
Until he comes back from Bahrain
….Father Misty was going away… it's been several months ago the parade started …. And was halted…… from the late arrival of the Queen… She's the super bee… no-one knew that except for a couple of parishoners including Father Misty…
She is a Doctor who knows how to make Honey Flowers...that were super power girls… right now they were needed in the Big Apple… New York...to fight the Truffles… Stash and Sharp … Sharp has been leaving a trail all over the City… the NYPD meets in back alley rooms and old seafaring bars to discuss in broad daylight there soon to be capture… Sharp is known to be referred simply as “ Cheddar”👌….Cheddar evaded the law… wanted posters was placed on big billboards over Time Square... everyone hid there Pearls...except for a few daring Stars …. They were the Princes of the United Countries…. fighting crime…Prize Star and Rock Frank Mint was the first family… from Africa if you missed anything…. Sugar Ant Dust ( the Queen of Africa) and her beautiful daughter was the first honey flower the Super Bee made…
After the Father left the ceremony and reception for the night the the first things he made sure to do was say good night to the children nuns and workers.. before leaving for Bahrain with the suitcases he grabbed the picture of Isabella s sister her mother sent and the letter from the desk…. On consideration he decided he'd be in touch with Mayflower soon ….
Bahrain…
the Rock of Bahrain… was a king all Rocks were Kings… King Barry was a good man… he's probably asleep… right now… as Father Misty left… for the second time too forewarn King Barry of America's Pearl harbor delima….
The Rock of America was going crazy without help going crazy from the Truffles…. Rock “D” On wasn't sure if he could contribute to the church and so Rock “D”On sent Father Misty to day….he was a mysterious machine… ….
While Father Misty lifted off he relaxed in the first class gazing out the window... until falling asleep…meanwhile….
In Honolulu Hawaii Kellogg was on the phone with the Rock of America…
Rock On was in DC and couldn't express enough…his sincere concern for the welfare of Hawaii's people . The questions and calls the operator desk was buzzed up and was pouring in and he had his hands full .. “ Kellogg listen to these orders… “ he tapped out his fingers drumming his top of his desk… calls was less and less frequent these days..…in clipped tones of Breathing evenly into the receiver …”D” exercised his authority. . he was surrounded by his cabinet…his cabinet “ The Tea Cups”. And Sugar Ant Proper his wife fussed about the room wanting to calm the rising tensions over the threats of attacks and the escalation of the weather toppled everything else…. The volcano so Drat was mentioned to Mayor Kellogg. Kellogg was the mayor… .. Rock “D” On told him to“ keep Drat… with you… as ordered... until further notice…” Mayor Kellogg replied…. “ The Navy and Coast Guard is here… with Drat..” I will be guarding the weakened infrastructure… I overheard… how they came in….. …. And of The bombing. if pearl earrings or necklaces they're after……” M. Kellogg said as a after thought… they're rare and are harder and harder to get…. the Truffles gangs has expanded beyond my belief…we need help… ! ” Kellogg said pleadingly to Rock On… “we are on this…”.... How to stop the eruption from reaching the class of people?? “ …
Rock On looked up into Sugar Ant Diamond Sweety Proper… Rock On… looked at Diamond and the whole world stopped even his heart 💓…. Rain made a appearance… on the windows of the rooms..softly as she could Diamond polished off the phone Rock On laid down…
Drat was curled in a ball somewhat like a cat… he was purebred …. There was only one that came from Africa…. ... silently he yawned his long tongue rolled out a pearl on the floor… asleep his colors were Black.. he was part iguana or chameleon and part cat… … mostly he was purebred one of a kind.. … Drat s original master was Rock Frank Mint... Rock Frank came to America disguised as Marble Sink with Drat on a leash….. Drat left
Blue Green Oysters laid in the freshwater and the seas… pink grey white tan black pearls.. .rolled from Drats tongue DRAT made the first Pearl long time ago Drat was cast to Sea from the hook of a fishing lures…… most everyone of the elite and most everyone who is someone posed flashing Pearl Bling and hand symbols….
The hidden codes of society…
I guess...
To catch the biggest fish…
Drat was so heavy he fell off the hook… as it was lowered into the water… by a sea man… in New Delhi….the townsfolk new him. His name was Crayola.. A local fisherman … DRAT
couldn't swim… he sunk to the bottom and landed on the bed of the oysters and clams…he was there on the seafloor… breathing in the water… bubbles foamed around him
A shark found him brought him to shore carried him… to land….the “ loan shark”
Since then the Pearls are found inside the oceans and seas.a touch of air and the pearls appeared..and Drat shoots them like a gun into the night. ..
…
July 4th, 2018
Dear Diary,
It rained... today... nobody has noticed my birthday… I turn 16…. Even if I don't hear them…. I'm learning sign language...most the other girls here don't know how to do it…. Bum Alley is my friend she works in the kitchen... I sure do miss you ( Miss Bunny)...
It's been a long time…. I want to see you… and Sugar Ant Dust…..
I heard they were coming back to the church orphanage...in time...the following weeks… I guessed…your friend always,
Isabella Clear
It was The year of Mayflower..
A few years ago….before the Rock of Africa and Sugar Ant Dust was established in there kingdom….
Mayflower was swayed by the winds… to love the feelings of joy, happiness and success ...also all the words of her language stuck inside her growing belly as she felt the young child kick …the words of vocabulary…was a seed of thoughts... maybe Mayflower should brush her teeth again she thought as the morning sickness lingered… to freshen up… and tell God to release the sadness that lingered…. In the unspoken voice request of her prayers...Mayflower journeyed...with her two escorts they were the Wings of the Pearl Duck .. ( Miss Pocahontas and Miss Old West)… just old wives maids...… she was alone when ..her new baby… her second child was born…. 🤔& soon Mayflower a young lady.. had left… and came to America… on The biggest boat ...during the voyage Mayflower delivered her child… sometime ago…. Mayflower never talked much …. Little Serena (Serena Clear) was in the order of the Ring of Pearls) was born...sleeping... whispering in her sleep as she was born… her sounds she made as she “ coood”...her hands like paws on each side of her face she stretched like a cub or kitten... after leaving Mayflower s womb... no cries were heard...just her striking eyes…. As she was woken... Soo as the years perhaps of eternity occurred…. Serena was ….in America with her mother…. The sun shone.radiant and bright…. Days ..and she...grew up with a panda face as a shield or disguise inherited …. Somewhere Mayflower s long lost husband lived… Serena's father…. Mayflower looked back for him... Jack Fortune Amadeus….was blindfolded..and led to a dungeon….Serena was born blindfolded like her father with her unusual 🐼 panda face... Isabella Clear was Serena's older sister . … Mayflower had the Wings of Pearl Duck to send Isabella to the school Orphanage of the Catholic Church…. The dynasty warriors was searching for Isabella…. Jack Fortune Amadeus child… Jack was the Blue Rock of China… the chambers of the Imperials house had him arrested for the Ring of the Pearls….
… Serena missed her sister So much… she decided to make the night time.. with a eucalyptus leaf and bamboo … the young child waved like a flag into the sky… the leaf waved in her fingers with streams of glitter and ribbons…and...stripes… colors of the rainbow flew… along with things she saw… … she made the colors of what she saw sleeping...and the eucalyptus created the Israel Stars…
thousands and thousands we're in the dark sky . .… Kings) sons ( Stars) she didn't know the sheep holiday.. She was a child
Only by speculation as the writer of “Great Gretta Combs Heritage “Serena had really been born stillborn… The stress of the voyage and running from China s jurisdiction of law… and other factors that played apart…. Serena lived as a 👻 ghost. It was obvious .
No one cared for her mother Miss Mayflower in the new city of New York… if at all if Serena observed from the empty straw carriage Serena watched puzzled… not willing to leave to go….. to leave Mayflower alone…. Things weren't much better for Although in different tones all 3 we're alone… That's what the author somehow thought. But in New York City it's a mess...
Serena Ring of Pearls missed her sister…. ( Isabella Clear) Mayflower sent Isabella to the Catholic school orphanage in New York City… …Mayflower s children were from China… Mayflower was from England…… Mayflower s husband was arrested and held behind bars… from the Pearls….. she ( Serena) missed her older sister……...a feeling of sadness her mother - Mayflower tried so hard to protect her from...and they left China… behind …
Serena s spectrums of lights and colors...mingled and melted together like different shapes of the candles wax dripping. The flames calics of fire... kept warm the Cool night... similar to the sands in a hourGlass… Timeless pieces of scenery Serena Clear Ring of Pearls… would whisper into Isabella's deaf ears… somehow her ears dream catchers caught
Serena's warnings and guidance… Isabella Clear spoke blueberry ...and soon Isabella Clear will become a honey flower… ... Isabella woken that morning horrified…
Her Left ear was for all the bad dreams… her Right ear was for all the good dreams and stuff…
Isabella couldn't be reassured...feathers from her hair and ears hung with beads and leather twine s…
…..
When Pilgrim the wings of the Pearl Duck..took Isabella to the orphanage… Miss Pocahontas and Miss Old West….left her…... so...she tried… The Indian Tonka wrapped up inside her ….heart….as her new found friend…
Mayflower gave up…. Isabella to J.C.’ s Will the home and church in New York…
Father Misty slept considering brief spots of turbulation… He was rested when the wheels plane landed on the runway Early the next morning. With caution he eased down the steps of the plane….reciting hail Mary. Tears threatened to blur out his sight momentarily he questioned himself …? “ What does he have to say?” ... Father Misty doubted and he felt alone… His authority in his jurisdiction mainly he depended on the Lord...sermons...prayers… rituals… fasting… petitions… blessings..and communion was a duty he longed to serve but however he felt alone. If he did the best he could do… he wondered the church in Bahrain and as soon as he could he'd have to go to the embassy suites. Hello was on the tags of the terminals greeters he read the badge of the younger darker shorter man clothed in a Muslim attire… without knowing anything about Bahrain. Michael took his time collecting Father Misty's traveling bags… and it was the air here that smelled of the sea.. a difference of whatever he questioned his abilities...water.. he needed water…
Rock Barry emerged.. no-one told him it was okay. Rock Barry and Father Misty went thru the gates and Barry planned to meet again…
Over at the “ hug hour “ To discuss the decay of people climate change and the missing pearls...
Barry showed him his big palm opened wide and about 20 pearls of the nicest hues glowed.. and he smiled a warm smile to Father Misty… “ we should give them names huh???” He said with a chuckle
You can have them…” tall Rock Barry said… “ don't let ‘em know your jealous…” … he said ...chuckling more “ wait till you see are fisheries”... “ With the pearls”....
“ Grab a can and come on” Barry said… doing all the talking…
Rock Barry Size...the King of Bahrain and Father Misty worked ...even after the Father's long trip. It was relaxing..to gather them.. Barry told him some of the history of dipping. ...one of the different ways to bring them out of the waters…so that was about all. The sun peeked out from the clouds. Father Misty walked with Barry. …..
… until
To be continued.
Africa and China and Bahrain
July 23rd 2018
By Cindy Young
P.S. Note from the Author
“Hi, “ I am Cindy Young I am the author of the short stories . … depression , schizophrenia sometimes anxiety with panic attacks and alcoholism ….just to briefly say….everything inside everything mainly I guess I want to be healed. Or just better…
