I always admired her when I was growing up. No, that’s not quite true. I envied her. I wanted to…
‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.’ That was my mother’s mantra. It’s what…
“No, you dimwit. Shirts go to the left and pants to the right.” The aging, overweight woman in a regulation…
‘You shouldn’t waste your time on me,’ he told me in a whisper. ‘I’ve got too much damage. Too much…
“Have you found Braxton?” I was tearful and shivering. The interrogation room I was in had a constant flow of…
2 a.m. I drive Cassie home and park outside her house. “Leave the engine on,” she says. “It’s cold.” Cassie…
Dad was a big guy, mean looking. Dad was a mean guy. I didn’t know him well. It’s hard to…
The rain began on Monday. A light drizzle that became an insistent downpour. My husband tended to the farm as…
Mark only saw it by itself at night, when she would remove it and lean it against the wall before…
Some would say that I was born in the saddest of times. Our planet was nearing its end. The skies…