Image Credit: Maecel Straub @Unsplash Image Credit: Tommao Wang @ Unsplash As Jaylen sat his his desk, working through lunch for the fourth time this week, he wondered how he had come to be in such a dead-end job. He had been part of a boy band, named the Heartbreakers, that had been famous. People... Continue Reading →
A search of the woman’s desk revealed previously unknown details about her dark past. The private detective hired by her fiancé, Jonathan, to investigate her financial past found that Jillian was in a huge amount of debt, exacerbated by her inability to find a job due to the unexplained shortfalls in receipts at her previous job, where she had... Continue Reading →
I am experiencing two types of nerve pain in my spine, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy. I thought I had a problem with my right shoulder, but after seeing a neurosurgeon, I found that it is a vertebra in my neck impinging on a nerve. The doctor prescribed pain pills and Gabapentin. I completed 10 visits... Continue Reading →
No matter how many times a parent breaks a promise, children will believe that "this time" will be different, because they need to keep the belief in their pockets that they are loved and valued. Rev. Dr. Regina Davis-Sowers Written for Wednesday Quotes #208 from Sadje at Keep It Alive. Also written for 1 Liner... Continue Reading →
I can still hear my father over the phone, making promises to come and spend time with my sister and me. He had a lovely baritone voice, and when he laughed, his whole body seemed to shake with mirth. I adored him, even though I probably only spent ten days of my entire childhood with... Continue Reading →
I feared having a tooth extracted, but the tooth was cracked and could not be saved. I had it pulled two weeks ago, and I am still dealing with a dry socket. I may have to change dentists because, after seeing me for the dry socket once, the dentist now tells me to use dry... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Jeff Hardi @Unsplash Julia wanted the bandages removed so badly, for the world seemed so dangerous without her eyesight. She worried that someone could hurt her, and she couldn't give an account of their appearance to anyone. She'd learned to watch people like a hawk because she had suffered from mistaking charm and... Continue Reading →
I was a teenager during the 1960s when the world was changing rapidly. I witnessed the Flower Power movement, protests against the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Gay and Lesbian Movement. I was a feminist before I had a name for it. As a girl who had to clean house after school,... Continue Reading →
The woman sitting next to me slipped a note into my hand that read, “He’s not who he says he is.” I had a momentary lapse in my thinking because I had bought everything the guy said as truth. He looked the part of a successful investment broker, with his $1000 gray pinstriped suit, $125... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Nik @ Unsplash I must disclose that I am not the best of drivers, Because I waited so late in life to learn to drive. I don't know why people tend to honk at me, Because I am on the highway driving at forty-five. Just because I am not going the speed limit... Continue Reading →
