Creative Project for Apocalypse Honors Seminar at Macaulay Honors College

1. Jesse - A
Special Child
A Tale by Cecibell Lowe
Apocalypse, Before and After
Fall 2012, December 18, 2012

2. Once upon a time, there was a young woman
named Josephine. She lived in New York City
with her husband, Mark, and they loved each
other very much.

3. They were very happy. But the one thing they
wanted the most that they didn't have was a
baby of their own. Every night, they prayed for a
child, hoping that maybe one would come to
them.

5. Soon enough, the angel's message came true!
Josephine was pregnant with a healthy baby
boy that they would name Jesse.

6. Jesse was a very good baby. He never cried
too much or slept too little. He was perfect.
Josephine and Mark couldn’t be happier with
their little boy.

7. Odd things always happened around Jesse
though. The angel never explained exactly how
special Jesse really was, Josephine thought.

8. One day, when Jesse was stillreally little, he saw a
spider web in the corner of his room. The spider who
lived in the web went over to his crib, curious.When
Jesse frowned at it, the spider suddenly turned around
and climbed out the open window - Jesse didn't like
spiders.

9. When he was a little bit older, Jesse had a
babysitter that he didn't like very much. Old
Mrs. Lilit smelled like rotten eggs and spouted
old Bible stuff all day.

10. One day, Josephine and Mark came home
and old Mrs. Lilit told them she was
moving away forever to someplace far
away in California called Death Valley.
Jesse told them she wanted to go there
because she was a hypocrite.

11. When bad things happened on the
news, Jesse usually said that those things
happened to bad people for a reason.
Jesse hoped that those bad people would
stop being bad and be good
sometimes, too.

12. Every night after he turned seven, Jesse
had dreams of a beautiful angel that spent
hours talking to him. He kept it his little
secret.

13. The angel would tell him about things that hadn't happene
yet. The angel told Jesse that he was so special that he
was going to be a hero. One day he would make sure that
people were saved at the end of time. Jesse didn’t always
understand the angel, but he trusted the angel. He just
wanted to help good people, too.

14. Jesse never knew that his angel was also
the angel that gave him to his parents, even
though the angel felt familiar and friendly to
him. Jesse liked the angel. He was his best
friend.

15. When the end of time finally
came, I finally found out how
special I was.

16. Together with my best friend Lucifer, I
helped save all the good people in the
world.

17. SOMETIMES LUCIFER CALLS ME ‘ANTI’-
SOMETHING AND I DON’T REALLY GET IT BUT
WE’RE FRIENDS AND WE’RE HELPING PEOPLE
SO I KNOW IT’S ALL GOING TO BE OKAY, AS
LONG AS I HAVE LUCIFER - MY VERY OWN
ANGEL.