So sorry I rambled and didn't know the word count (i'll know for next time) but it's in the responses below - LL

What are the odds? That a well-watched Hispanic young lady would work for an affluent store owner and poof! Love would fall, bind them with a ring, and beget them with children? Happens all the time. Not that unusual. And…

For awhile it felt like some kind of fucked up fate was pursuing them. The hurricane and then the next hurricane and then that long, boring, difficult bus ride over days as they were relocated to a small town in…

How many times in what Buddhists call our “precious human existence” have we wondered if we ever should have been born at all? Life- any life, human or otherwise- is a complex and uneasy drama/comedy to get through. Every decision,…

When my cousin who was only a month younger than me, was already rolling over and sitting up, my mother asked the pediatrician, Dr. Wicksman, why I wasn't doing that. "I didn't want to tell you this until Jim got…

Love …what else is as powerful?

Agatha Andres Muti, Sarah, hans and herr finkhom sat Shiva for Bella. Black clothe draped the mirrors. Low stools were placed throughout the house so if they were tired, they could rest. Their grief low to the ground. Each of…

Why did Dyer sent her to be their representative?

(Here's the rest of the scene I sent you earlier this week.) I pulled a chair next to my dad’s recliner and sat in it. “Beck is right,” he said, “you’re not looking too good.” “You’re not looking your best…