ChapterOne: LoAnn Aroo and Her Son A young married couple live in a sod and clay house on the plains. The house is mostly underground. Wide stairs lead down to a wooden pocket door that is inset with thick colored glass panels. The roof is steep and covered with clay tiles that match the color of the surrounding earth. Small round windows peep out from under the roof, at ground level. A thin thread of smoke still spins ou...
Today 60 years ago an Angel was born, Put on this earth for many to love and learn from, Many knew her in her short life, I however was given the privilege to call her Mom. She was Mom for only 10 years, She taught me to love, She taught me to give, She taught me to learn, She taught me to be myself, She was mine on this earth for 10 short years. She was given her wings one glorious August Day; After a gift was delivered...
Nobody said it would be easy. She just didn’t expect it’d be this hard. The clock ticks the hours, the minutes, the seconds, and with each passing minute of daylight, she sighs deeply and braces for the screams. Her husband’s arrival carries with it simultaneous relief and anguish for she knows he, too, fears the minutes, the hours, the untold time that will pass tonight, and the screams that will ensue. She smiles at her...
That was a good session I thought as I put my boots in my bag. We couldn't lose this week! We couldn't let two lousy games in the past two weeks derail a relatively good season. I was the captain and there was no way I would allow us to lose, I'd pull the boys together. I looked around the empty field knowing that this was where it would all be decided.All the other guys had already left, I always liked to do a little ext...
Slightly premature baby I made a decision that nobody knew It was my responsibility to let my baby go from in me. As I lay solitary in the night in the glow of a light a Daddy Longlegs flitted around slightly mad I chatted to him thank you for your company dear friend. Then an apparition came to me - My babies brown eyes told me ‘fear not you will be safe and I will be free’. Then all was well his body was ready and he gl...
Two fallen hearts,Who's thrown the darts,Filled of evil poison?Two soul-mates,It was surely fate,But now it's blue confetti.Broken and torn,Vows that were sworn,Now they do not matter.Left is a trail,Flap your arms and flail,Above the blue confetti.Alas, you drown,You float face down,In the blue confetti. It rains it pours,Your soul it soars,Above the blue confetti.Fast forward in time,We cannot rewind,But we still see bl...
No babies. Ever. It is a strictly enforced, no exception policy I have put into place. Everyone I know told me that it was a foolish policy to implement. One day, they insisted, I would change my mind and have at least one child. Parents, grandparents, friends, and ex-girlfriends all were intent on derailing my drive and motivation to keep this resolution alive. This policy was put into place when I had the sage wisdom an...
I spread out my mother's dust-filled, leather-bound, two ton photo album on my lap. It was still a fading blue color even after all these years. The front cover had a gold engraved inscription; "Friends Forever." in cursive writing that shimmered and reflected the dim lighting in the attic. Mama used to tell me that the Queen of England wrote it on the book herself, with real gold and real jewels. That was years ago. All...
