I never thought my golden years would smell like disinfectant and lukewarm soup. I imagined myself at seventy with red lipstick, dancing at the Sunday market...
I never thought my golden years would smell like disinfectant and lukewarm soup. I pictured myself at seventy with red lipstick, dancing waltz on Sundays in...
The morning found us on a dusty road leading away from the village. In one hand, I held little Sophies small fingers, and in the other,...
The morning found us on a dusty road leading away from the village. In one hand, I held little Sophies tiny fingers, and in the other,...
“He looks just like your missing son,” my fiancée whispered. What happened next left everyone on the street stunned. James Whitmore wasnt accustomed to walking. He...
My kids were outraged when I asked them to pay rentin my own house. I retired three months ago. I say it calmly, but inside, its...
My children were outraged when I asked them for rentin my own home. I retired three months ago. I say it calmly, but insideits a storm....
Sophie Wilson sighed in relief as her car finally turned into the driveway after three days away. It had been years since she and her husband,...
“WHO COULDNT LOVE” “Girls, come on, which one of you is Lily?” The young woman eyed me and my friend with playful suspicion. “Thats me. Why?”...
Fire ripped through the grand estatebut what the housekeeper carried out left everyone stunned. “Fire! The kitchens on fire!” The shout came from a member of...
After descending the slope toward the waters edge, Michael sized up the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of...
“Father, please… dont come to the school today, all right?” “Why, Emmeline? Dont you want me to see you receive...
Emma stepped back into her own home from the maternity wardand there, in the kitchen, stood a second fridge. “That...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the elderly woman...
After descending the slope leading to the water, Michael assessed the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of the...
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman murmured, staring blankly out the car window as though lost in a daze....
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman asked softly, peering out the car window as if the world outside made...
“Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, gazing at the woman hunched over the table with bare, pleading eyes....
**Diary Entry 23rd December, 1985** *”Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, staring at the woman sitting at the...
One day, my dads new wife showed up with a big box of sweets and two little poodles wagging their...