They’re still asleep right now. All three of them, piled together under that thin blue blanket like it’s the coziest thing in the world. I watch…
Browsing: Story
The Man Who Can’t Help But Laugh When He Hears a Whistle In a world where everyday life often feels repetitive, some people manage to find…
I was only gone two hours. Just enough time to run errands and finally pick up that birthday gift for my sister. The sitter, Kelsie, came…
My Son Bakes — And When My Mother Tried to Shame Him, I Took a Stand My 12-year-old son has a passion for baking — and…
Everything was as usual. The driver had a relaxed expression on his face, soft music played from the radio. The sun was shining, the morning was…
I believed love could shield me from anything. That my spouse Theo would always catch me. When hubby urged me to quit my financial job to…
A son hides his one-eyed mother and refuses to let her attend his graduation because he is ashamed of her. Most people didn’t know Derek Ryder’s…
The sorrowful sound of the funeral trumpets reverberated, combining with the sound of raindrops falling on the old roof made of corrugated iron. At the center…
I wasn’t supposed to be near the water that day. I was on break from the marina café, just grabbing a sandwich by the dock when…
Backpacks swinging, shoes squeaking on waxed floors, and cheerful chatter of youngsters running to their classrooms characterized most Meadowbrook Elementary mornings. The hallway paintings shone on…