God's Wrath_Christmas Chatter with Family_The Songbird_Two Rings
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God's Wrath
It was a dark and stormy night. As they all were. Valerie walked as fast as her feet would allow her. She had given up on trying to protect her clothes from the furious raindrops that soaked her. After all, she walked home in that same weather every day. Over time, she had finally come to terms with the fact that there was no escaping it. The cold was there to stay. When it first started raining on that dreaded Tuesday afternoon, Valerie had tried to outrun it. She had been naive. Saw the drop as nothing more than an inconvenience that would not prevent her from making it home dry and warm. Of...
Christmas Chatter with Family
Christmas Chatter with FamilyI truly cannot believe it’s Christmas time again and my family can’t seem to get over what happened three years ago. I really want to spend this Christmas Holiday with them. Everyone makes mistakes and this time it was my mistake. I feel lost and broken. If, I can just hear the Christmas chatter again. My family is my life and I want to celebrate with them. Thinking about Jim will not help me to overcome my fear of being without the one’s I love at this time of year. I know it’s my fault that some of our family secrets evolved at the dinner table. But when you are...
The Songbird
The latest round of counselors had seemed as exhausted with this kid as I was. When the shock of encountering his illegally-acquired underage pornographic tattoos had worn off, I was just tired. I looked into the face of his psychiatrist and knew that she was thinking the same thing I was: “Why bother?”But I couldn’t put it all into a folder and stack it on my desk for next week. Under his inked skin and dirty nails, my blood flowed. Or my heart’s blood anyway. He was my adopted son. I wasn’t free to mask my impatience behind a clinical smile and order lunch once he left the room with a fistf...
Two Rings
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!Today was finally the day! As I rolled over to turn off the alarm clock, I jumped out of bed. I was finally going to marry my best friend today; I could not be late. After showering as quickly as I could, I put on blacwww.onedoor.cck leggings and a white tank top, leaving my hair in a messy bun. I only had 20 minutes to get to Lisa’s house if I wanted to start my hair and makeup on time.Luckily, I had put everything we would need for hair and makeup in the car last night. Before leaving, I carefully gathered my wedding gown and veil. It was the same gown my mother married my father in—an el...