Written for the September Writing Prompts by Putting My Feet in the Dirt: the absence of her. As I am writing my memoir, I cannot help but remember my sister. Her name was Joann, and she was the strongest person that I have ever known at a compact 5 feet, 2 inchesĀ tall. She was... Continue Reading →
Angel's mother and aunt felt that she was not properly made up for the prom. Angel tried to explain to them that the doctor had told her not to wear make-up, so that her face could heal from the most recent acne outbreak. And she liked being make-up free, for she could express her true... Continue Reading →
We possess a wonderful French door refrigerator with all the bells and whistles that we bought nearly two years ago. Just before we left for the trip to Portugal this year, we found that after just 15 months, it had stopped cooling. Because of the frugality of my husband, we did not buy the extended... Continue Reading →
As Shannon felt the heart-pounding, shaky breathing, and profuse sweating of a panic attack, she kept repeating, "You are not dying!" Her fear of being alone in a foreign country generated the anxiety. She couldn't seem to find the peace to sleep. She turned over in bed and saw the moon shining as it had... Continue Reading →
I loathe hearing anyone declare that they would give anything they have just to possess something or somebody they crave! I remember saying, "I would give anything for him to like me!" A sage woman asked me, "Really? Anything?" I had to stop and wonder about what I had just declared, because what I was... Continue Reading →
Few emotions can lower the probability of success than doubt. Doubt is insidious, a gradual, subtle emotion with devastating effects on the doubter. The power of doubt is that when it is present, individuals are unable to perform a fair estimate of their abilities, and, more times than not, they fail to even try to... Continue Reading →
In the fourth grade, my class visited Rock City, an attraction that sits on top of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In order to go from one side of the nature trail there to the other side where our bus was parked, you had two choices: the swing-along bridge or hike the long way around.... Continue Reading →
Written for Six Word Saturday Challenge. I find trains fascinating, for they are nearly always in motion, on the way to a destination, leaving a destination, or arriving at a destination. That's how IĀ like to think about our lives. We should be in motion, never standing still, immobile, or aimless. There should be some... Continue Reading →
Joy sat drinking the coffee the flight attendant had brought her, trying to think up a new product to tempt people into her bakery. People enjoyed her cupcakes and pastries each morning, with business so good that she was quite often rushed right off her feet. But, she needed something to draw them into the... Continue Reading →
Easy streets are situations in which problems, difficulties, and worries can be avoided. I am a living witness that there are no easy streets in this life. Yes, there may times of tremendous financial comfort and security, but lives free of worries, problems, and difficulties simply do not exist. You cannot be too cute, too... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 