Category: Shorts

Lynn stood at the back of their small silver SUV, smiling as she watched a soft snow falling quietly around her, wisps of ginger hair slipping from beneath her white cap. Jake unloaded their luggage onto a cart. He had given her a choice of places to spend their two-week honeymoon and she had known … Continue reading Honeymoon at Silver Pines

Getting old has its drawbacks. Sometimes more than we ever dreamed possible. It also affords us time to remember the days of our youth, to fully appreciate the pleasures we might have overlooked. Today was a beautiful day as Sally sat in the swing under the oak tree enjoying sunshine and memories. Good memories. Not … Continue reading Ride in a Red Mustang

  Kerri stood on the wooden deck watching large, colorful leaves floating down through hazy sunshine, covering the yard in another layer of fall colors, no matter how many times she raked them. She smiled pensively at the memory of two little boys raking leaves into a pile, then jumping in it with wild abandon. … Continue reading Changing Seasons

“Noooooo,” the travel weary writer moaned as she covered her face with her pillow the first day home from the Yearly Family Frolic. “Stooooop, don’t pull so hard, that hurts; don’t make me get up, pleeeease.” So the weary writer’s husband started pushing from behind...nothing, she didn’t budge. Not to be accused of cruelty, he … Continue reading The Travel Weary Writer

Jodie awoke screaming, crying out, “NO! NO!” Sweat poured down her body, her pj’s drenched. Her feet were pulled up, her knees between her and the vision. “You do NOT get to do this again!” Even in a deep state of terror, she could feel Peter pulling himself closer in the bed to gather her … Continue reading Surviving a Nightmare