Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Her daughter’s face was young and alive, but her hazel eyes gave away her thoughts, glazed and somber. She had come on Halloween, both of their favorite holidays. Nancy’s daughter knew her fondness for all things that went bump in the night, no matter how … Continue reading Pulling Daisies – Final Part 6
Read Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Frequent trips to her parents home made Nancy’s heart ache more. She longed for her husband and her daughter and she ached for her neighbors. She had become familiar with them over the year and their families who walked among the living. Her neighbors were all … Continue reading Pulling Daisies – Part 5
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 There were two things Nancy noticed on her walk. One of these was the periodic falling of flowers from the sky, like rain from a singular cloud. The other, was the dogs. While there were lots of others out for a stroll, strangely there were more dogs than owners. … Continue reading Pulling Daisies – Part 4
Read part 1 and part 2 The home next door to Nancy was vacant. Others were marked with a series of names and dates completely unfamiliar to her. Whole lives whose stories Nancy had no knowledge of. Finally, she opened the door and flowers fell through the sky to her feet. Nancy watched curiously as … Continue reading Pulling Daisies – Part 3
Things that are actually perfect are flawed in their own beautiful way. It is the cuts and bruises of life that carve us into the works of art that we are and the art of nature that exists in the world. The red apple that sat in the palm of Snow White's hand was too … Continue reading Poison Apple
The old man sat on his boat paddling slowly. He was at a good distance now from the shore where no one would see. There was something nice about being out there on the boat, he was always drawn to the ocean, where all those reminders were gone. It was still blue, perhaps a little … Continue reading Dandelion Warning
As the weather begins to get colder, I will miss the summer nights by ocean. The beauty of a summer night is in the little things, like the beauty of a sunset, the laughter of friends, the feeling of toes in the sand and a fishing pole in hand. But winter has its own magic … Continue reading Atmosphere of Seasons
I sat down on the couch beside my dad and huffed loudly. I was in a sour mood and he could tell. Yes, I was a moody 18 year old, but it was still out of character. So I went off on a rant (it happens occasionally) and told him I had been so exhausted, … Continue reading Writing My Life- Diabetes
"What if our symptoms were superhuman symptoms and the medications we take suppress our abilities?" I stared across the hospital room from my bed at my roommate for the night. "What?" This was absurd, but Tara's eyes danced with excitement. We were both in the hospital being treated, me for my sudden diabetes diagnosis at … Continue reading The Cure
Please read part 1 and 2 first to know what is going on : ) They are pretty short fun reads! Part 1 Part 2 The girl was lying on her stomach, she looked to be about sixteen or seventeen, just about my age, both too young to be there in the aftermath of war. … Continue reading The Little Mermaid Part 3
