Home of the Brave_Leo_Better Late than Never_Snow in Summer.
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Home of the Brave
A mom’s job is never truly finished—Elise knew this instinctively when her son was born. For at least the hundwww.onedoor.ccredth time, she sat next to his bed in that chair mending his quilt. There was no way of knowing, the day she bought it at a flea market, that it would become her son’s most valued possession. To call it a quilt stretched the definition as it was nothing more than a thousand pieces of oddly shaped swatches stitched together, layer after layer, until the whole of it was thick enough to hold in the warmth of a small boy's body as he drifted off to sleep. The person who pieced together th...
Leo
The Leo constellation is my favourite. It’s also my star sign. I guess that is why it’s my favourite, Leo’s are self-centered and stubborn: I always get what I want. Don’t get me wrong, I worked for what I have. I was the valedictorian at high school, I had an enviable GPA and I got into Yale and Harvard on merit alone, but I had to sacrifice likeability. People who are loved get nowhere. Fact. So I ditched that sentimentality, for this: perched on a sunbed, at 2am in my parents immaculately landscaped garden, feet skimming cool, pool water staring at my favourite star sign, wondering what hap...
Better Late than Never
Better Late than NeverShe'd had it with her son's calls and excuses. Business meeting this, project due Monday that, anniversary with Sylvie later, fixing the garage door after…If he couldn' take the time to give his poor, frail, elderly mother a hand, then the poor, frail, elderly lady would do the job herself. Start the job, at least.Lucy was done waiting. She put on some tattered working clothes, articles clearly belonging to the good-to-go category, and was about to squat to it when the doorbell temporarily saved her back.For one brief moment, she allowed herself to think, to hope that Bri...
Snow in Summer.
It was early July, Erica had no college now and was free at home from now on. It was Summer holidays and Erica loved summers a lot- More than snow; actually there wouldn’t be anyone who would prefer sun then snow but yes Erica was one of them.She would like dazzling out in sun,wearing those one size plus glasses and her favourite head umbrella as her protectors. Erica was only one enjoying summer, no family member was ever interested to hangout in their little beach with her.For the next few hours, while Grandma lay dozing, Erica sprawled out on her own little beach. At first, she could not st...