Status Updates From Unintended Consequences

So far, so good!

[First, he loathed education jargon. Facilitate, a favorite word in educational lingo, reminded him of all those gosh-awful professional-development days that he despised.]

I relate to this so much. I hate the over-jargoning of industries.

[ Crocuses burst through the ground in colorful splashes, and two weeks later jonquils began poking their yellow trumpets through the earth. Now, as certain as April itself, thunderstorms began popping up like cosmic jolts.]

This is a whole dream. I’m already craving this spring feeling, and autumn had just started.

[This old porch, with its generous proportions, proudly announced to the world, “Welcome to this home!” It spoke with the kind of grace and allure that only Southern folk fully appreciate. Such is the charm of the wraparound porch.]

Yesssss, a wraparound porch is my DREAM.

A solid first chapter! Well-written with great pacing and flow. This is promising!