A Fly on the Wall_The Blessing of Being Shunned_Seeds_50-Meter Targets
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A Fly on the Wall
Old friends. When I hear someone use this expression, I imagine age - old relationships, familiarity, and love. I imagine it’s when your oldest and dearest can finish your sentences or when your oldest and dearest intimately know the details of your life, and you theirs. It’s when you don’t have to speak, and they know what you’re thinking. It’s when you can laugh about experiences shared together and no one else in the room knows why you’re laughing. It’s like the private language of twins. It’s feeling secure and safe in the relationship, certain they will always have your back.I feel like a...
The Blessing of Being Shunned
Disfellowshipped. Shunned. Cut off. Leaving her religion meant leaving her mom, dad and younger sister. This is what would soon happen if she didn’t convince them to leave the cult along with her by order of the religious leaders. Sweat dripped down her back as well as pooling under her armpits. How in twww.onedoor.cche hell was she going to convince her parents of anything when she was sweating so incessantly? This she wondered as she dabbed her forehead with a napkin. At twenty three years old, Ginevra thought she had it all figured out. Now she was collecting the scraps of her life and sanity off of the ...
Seeds
CW: fire, natural disasterSeeds “What the hell am I supposed to do with these?” I gaze at a packet of zinnia seeds that were tucked in with the supplies I just picked up from the Red Cross. “Masks, gloves, goggles – seeds? Seriously?!” I squeeze my eyes shut as I hold onto the scream that is forming in my throat. I stuff the seed packet into my back pocket.It’s the first time I’ve seen what’s left of our property. James and I wanted to drive up in one car, but one of us had to grab the hazmat stuff while the other dropped the girls off at grandma Jane’s. I beat him here.Growing up in the Sierr...
50-Meter Targets
“You wanna do something fun?” Jess asked.Knowing her tone, Ed replied. “Not really.”“Will you please finish unpacking the office for me today?”“It’s not like I’m doing anything else, babe.”“I still like having manners, Sarge.”1st Sergeant Edwin Lopez just retired from a 21-year career in the Army. His wife, Jessica took a job that landed them in Denver. Her high 6-figure salary made his choice to leave the Armed Forces that much easier. Their 3 kids also enjoyed having dad around a lot more. “Do you have the paperwork completed for the kids’ enrollment?” He smiled, “Yup.” She was letting go...