A House of Chaos

Story posted December 11, 2014 in Best of CommMedia by Shuray McCallum.

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Veronica Carr, a mother of four, works as a teacher’s aid. She has finally gotten her youngest child out the house. After enjoying that peace and quiet for almost a year her 33 year old son, Von Carr after being in jail for three years, is sent to her home as a parole assignment. Like any mother she takes him in, but it is not just him, he has seven children. Although the kids do not stay with Carr they are only a block away. Every day the kids make sure to stop by, and they have overstayed their welcome. After working with children each and everyday the last thing Carr wants to come home to is kids.

 



For Veronica Carr finally getting her youngest child out the house was a very happy but also very emptying moment. To heal her pain of feeling empty Carr and her husband got a dog. A pet pit bull named Nala who has now been apart of the family for the past year. Although it is not the same as having an actual person to talk to, Nala shows all the same love with half of the issues.

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Shuray McCallum

Senior / Journalism

Shuray McCallum a junior majoring in broadcast journalism at Pennsylvania State University. She is set to graduate spring of 2015 also with a minor in sociology.

Shuray has a passion for broadcast and entertainment. She has been apart of multiple journalism programs at Penn State, including the campus radio, where she co-hosted, produced, and was the technical director of her own radio show. After being apart of campus radio stations she decided that to focus more on the business and promotional side of entertainment, where she discovered her love for public relations. Shuray is currently a member of WPSU Public Broadcasting, where Shuray is interning in sports production.

With experience in radio, photography, producing, and advertising; Shuray is hoping this is only at the start of a long career in the entertainment industry.