The Lighthouse
I want to tell you a short story about this lighthouse and the lovely woman who gave it to me some years ago. Her name was Marlene. Marlene had a love for others that could only be described as uncommon. She cleaned our offices…
“Mommy, Why Can’t I Go?”
As my sister began to close the door to the vet’s examination room, Jasper moved towards her. He looked up at her, cocked his head, and his warm brown eyes said as clearly as if the words were spoken, “Mommy, why can’t I…
The Lady In Big Shoes
Clop, clop went the sound of her high-heeled shoes on the sidewalk of Main Street. With every step, the heels of her feet slipped up and down in the shoes that were about a size-and-a-half too big. She always wore the same style of shoe with a…
Kinky Palm
“Don’t know. Don’t know who said “ ’Lo, Kinky,’” said Kinky Palm that warm summer night at the fairgrounds many years ago. I said it and I can only hope, looking back, that it was out of kindness which I was prone to and not clowning…
Dana
“Everyone come back with me to my dorm room. I want to put more mascara on the tips of my lashes,” said Dana. With that simple command, I and four other college girls turned on our heels and followed Dana back to her dorm room so she could…
