Tag: Discourse

Zack had noticed her before, but not really seen her. She’d always kept her face covered by curtains of hair. He’d presumed she was shy and trying to avoid looking at people, hiding from the world. But that day, at the end of autumn as the air smelled and tasted of that early winter frost, […]

Kids grow like weeds, don’t they? Nothing fills me with quite as much pride as watching my kids grow up and become more independent. I’ve encouraged their autonomy. And my eyes became satiated countless times over with tears for these extraordinary little beings that I’ve helped to create. However, mixed in with tears of joy […]

Sunday was the master of one-liners, which she would use to clinch her technicolored, illustration-filled sermons. One of her famous: “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian, any more than going to the fishing hole makes you a fish.” Wearing the brightest of colors, Pastor Ida would use her whole body during her sermons. […]

“Where’s that boy? Dinner’s getting cold.” “Up in his room, working on his video game.” “Blast that video game! Get him down here for dinner. Tonight I cancel his computer privileges.” Alice knocked on the bedroom door. “Bobby?” No answer. She respected his privacy, but didn’t want Rob storming up here, so she pushed opened […]

Baby sat in her chair staring with the bluest eyes. Her eyes were cerulean blue, the bluest. She stared with those cerulean eyes. She stared with the bluest eyes. They stood out against her delicate sculptured face which was an envious rose hue. Her lips were perfect, a flawless symmetrical red rosebud of a near […]

Have you ever been in love?  I mean, really in love?  When nothing else matters but the sound of their voice… the touch of their hand… When the sky has never seemed so blue or the grass so green…  all senses heightened.  Have you ever known that feeling of pure joy just to be alive… […]

Mary-Anne had always loved Sherwood Forest. Even as a child she’d found it to be a magical place, but now she knew it to be a place of real magic. A couple of weeks ago, she’d stumbled across a doorway in the forest floor that led her down to a completely different world, that of […]

“I’m going to the cemetery,” I flatly told my husband. “I need some time alone.” He looked at me. “Go ahead. Be careful out there. Are you sure you don’t want us to come along?” He knew I hated driving, but I felt compelled to go. He knew I’d be crying. I needed to do […]

Snow had fallen all day, turning the rugged landscape into a blur of white. Toward dusk, the snow took on a bluish tint, and the sound of it falling was like the rustling of angel wings. Normally, the old farmhouse rather enjoyed winter storms, but tonight it shivered with cold and worry. Inside the house, […]

Helena reached into her pocket and retrieved the locket and chain. “Here, then. For safety, Demetri.” She placed the heart-shaped locket in his hand and closed it. “When you find your way back here, find me. Make sure I’m ok.” The clouds broke and the sun came out. He looked at his hand and the […]

“Why are you a fisherman?” I knew the whys didn’t matter. My future, it was being decided as I wasted breath. My future hinged on the forced blood sample that was taken from me just moments earlier. I didn’t know what my blood type was, but I knew this: The chances of me possessing “golden […]

I looked down at the broken sidewalk, the broken pieces of my life. The violence. No family. A child with special needs. Why did this have to happen to me?  Was I so horrible a child to warrant such a life? The state could take care of Rose as it had thus far, and I […]