An ideal life is one we seek. We abhor trials and detest tribulations. But when life is infested with troubles, We learn to face all situations. Look on the bright side. Stay positive even in hard times. For no life is ever perfect, Remember, the sun again will shine. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt... Continue Reading →
Nigel heard the reports of a beast roaming the countryside. As lord of the manor, it was his birthright as a hunter to kill the animal, and he took a posse up on the mountain so they could locate the fearsome creature and destroy it. Nigel was the first on the scene with his gun... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Joni Ludlow @ Unsplash Standing in the garden of the old English manor house, I had a vision of the people who had lived and loved here for centuries. I looked at the walls, and I thought of the joy this room's beauty must have given countless owners before the pain began to... Continue Reading →
Bella barked furiously, as simultaneously, a knock rapped at the front door, and a text came on my phone from the Army. Rising to answer the door, I read the text informing me that seventy-eight years after serving my country in World War Two as a member of one of the Negroes-only platoons, I was... Continue Reading →
I thought that love had passed me by, My present was as empty as my past. Suddenly, a rewellagans was thrust at me, And a second chance of love occurred, at last. I thought he offered only friendship, But then he took me in his loving arms. A tremor of joy touched my heart and... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Simon Berger @ Unsplash As Ella walked to number 115, her heart hurt, knowing it was the last time she and James would meet. She would miss how he always spoke the right words to uplift her spirits. When they first met, he seemed as strange as a Martian on planet Earth. His... Continue Reading →
Street art In Porto, Portugal near the port. Sarah had been dreading her 47th birthday. She tried to convince her family to forgo this occasion to meet and party, and she knew her parents knew why she was hesitating. She explained to her mother that she had the wherewithal to throw a grand and festive... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Alisa Dyson@ Pixabay They placed him in my arms, and I immediately knew Nothing would ever reduce my love for that child. I held him with sturdy hands, for to me, he was royalty. And my black knight, majestic in his brown skin, just smiled. On Mother's Day each year, I try to... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Yi Wei @ Unsplash His wife believed herself prescient, Choosing a helmet for his head. She'd rather see his long hair cropped, Than to mourn him when he is dead. While he opted to wear the helmet, It makes him feel less than a man. But as the cars rush past the bicycle... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Noah Buscher@ Unsplash Alone on the precipice, looking down in fear at the ripple marks on the rocks, I wanted to reach for the rescue represented by the outstretched hand. But trusting others is a challenge for me and has been so since childhood, When I suffered so horribly from ugly conquests that... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 