Euphoria

      “Sweetheart, can you please lend me one of your hair brushes?” I heard Lade ask her youngest Sister, Tope.      “No!” Tope firmly replied, placing the three-set brush in her dresser drawer. Thoughts of similar events flashed through my mind. Tope was known to have a strong sense of ownership every time she received a new gift. She would treasure it above all of her other possessions. Anyone who attempted to take this new item away, even temporaril...