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My Sister's Secret
My Sister’s Secret By Roxanne D. Hicks My older sister Leslie was a very cool person. She was gorgeous, popular, smart, and voted ‘most likely to succeed’. When she left for college, I was sophomore in high school. Fortunately, she chose a college in our home town so she didn’t leave home completely.
By Roxanne Hicks5 years ago in Families
My Sister’s Gift
I stood in front of the bathroom mirror and smoothed down my dress. A month ago, I had stood in this same exact spot, praying for something life changing to happen to me. I wished that for once in my life, something extraordinary would happen. I didn't care whether it was a cash prize or a new career, but I needed something to break up the monotony.
By Alyssa Dawn5 years ago in Families
You Can Tell Me Later
The metronome-like beeping of the heart monitor held dominion over the room while Grandfather slept. Near the large window, Bill sat in a chair that most hospitals probably considered comfortable. It wasn’t, but it didn’t really matter. He stared out at the evening and watched the sun slide slowly, inexorably down beyond the silhouetted mountains in the distance. Turning, he looked at his Grandmother sitting beside the bed, gazing at the man with whom she had spent the better part of her life. She gently cradled his gnarled hand in both of hers. Her face shone with the tapestry of emotions a person experiences when the end of a loved one is near. Concern, devotion, sadness, fear… all of it mingled with the gentle tears upon her cheeks. She glanced toward Bill and their eyes met briefly before her gaze traveled to the scene outside and the sky awash with spectacular color.
By Randy Boyum5 years ago in Families
"For the Future"
“Here, this is for you.” The man I knew only as ‘Mr.’ slid a small package across the table. I sat still in my seat and stared at the brown paper. “Ya know, your parents never really had much but they still always imagined themselves leaving you something when they passed.” Mr. spoke softly, watching me, his thick accent sounding just like my father’s.
By Zophia Dulaney5 years ago in Families
What We Find Between the Covers . . .
MIRANDA HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF OWNING A HOME WITH A LIBRARY. She imagined a special room lined with bookshelves, each one filled with volumes that traced the course of her passions from her childhood fascinations with animals, ballet, and Disney tales; through college, when she earned a degree in veterinary science; to motherhood, when she allowed her mind to take full flight, embracing mathematics, astronomy, the history of art and religion, cinema, and scores of other topics that I could only attempt to appreciate and comprehend.
By Jason Liller5 years ago in Families
The Inheritance
February 24, 2021 The Inheritance By: Richard Santilli Christopher Latimer Banks sat on an old wooden milk crate. He had been watching the last rays of the sun. Which had been shining through the small attic window. There ever-lengthening beam, growing longer, pointing into the corner.
By Richard Santilli5 years ago in Families
Second chance
I made one more lap around the block before heading back toward my grandfather’s house. I didn’t want to face all of those people, but even more so I didn’t want to face the fact that he was really gone. My father had left when I was ten and since then my grandfather had done the best he could to help my mother raise me.
By Kristen Minnick5 years ago in Families
