Lightning bolts in childhood can scar the soul forever. They’re a satanic baptism when the minister’s your father, mother, brother, sister,
His wife takes him to dinner as she always does on his birthday wearing bright red lipstick, a color she detests but he likes.
I have an old friend who was told some time ago he had six months to live. We live far apart now and he told me about this in an email shortly after the doctor told him. The six months ...
We’re equal we agree in the eyes of someone Fred says isn’t there and I say is and we agree
The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down
This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
Rose was a plain girl from a small town. She sang in the choir, never missed Bible study, left for the big city
We’re twins. We’ve been together from the start. You’re the doctor. You know that.
When she leaves the room when will she be back When she leaves the house how long will she be gone When she must go out of town
Ralph never planned on dying but when he did, he was swept away like a child’s kite blown astray. When he arrived at his destination… he heard angels singing, harps pla…
That’s a very big tree and a boy scout could climb it with all the right gear. But it’s a condominium, too. You would disturb families.
Never speak ill of the dead, his father always said, and his father was a pastor who preached from the pulpit. That’s why whenever
Widow in a rocker pets her calico cat long strokes slowly. With the cat purring and the widow humming
The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain
They’re starlets Hollywood has yet to discover, two nice young ladies who assemble sandwiches at the Subway Shop Monday through Friday at noon.
