As usual, the Clarks' home on a Sunday morning was a bustle of activity. As Greg sat at the kitchen table reading a book to his two year old son Martin, his wife Gina ran back and forth, getting herself together for church, and trying her best to ignore their five year old daughter Shelly's proactive whining about attending Sunday School. "But...I'll miss t...
Robbie's Sitter – Daphne 1 – The job revealed Daphne, a conceited, tall blond, a month out of high school for good, almost didn't take the job. "But Mom! He's RETARDED!" complained the lithe, tanned beauty, throwing her long, wavy blond hair over her shoulder, eyes glowering, pink-painted lips in a tight line under a cute, narrow nose. "It's...
The summer of 2018 marked 10 years since I graduated from high school. I got a letter in the mail forwarded to me by my parents from my old school. Dear Joseph, Can you believe it's already been 10 years since we graduated from Emerson High School? We want to catch up with you and other classmates and find out what's been happening in your life since we pa...
CJ was like hundreds of other young black men in the cities across the country. He went to school, got decent grades, played on the high school sports teams, and had a pretty girlfriend, and thought about sex ever 4 seconds. Where CJ differed from the norm, was in what he was thinking about. CJ was introduced to sex very early by a babysitter with emotional...
A Military transport DC-130 Hercules travels over the South China Sea from the Philippines. The weather was torrential outside as a storm corrupted the ocean below. Within the plane were roughly 34 passengers. Civilians and Military alike. Some of more interest than others. Looming in the back of the plane sat a unity of uniformed Officer's. Names of impo...
Briefly home from college, I realize I'm going to have to take up some sort of work. It's the last thing I want to do, especially having just survived several weeks of exams, but I figure it'll take my mind off of how quiet my parents' house is, and how little I actually have to do. "Why don't you watch the Clarence kids?" My mom suggests, at breakfast. "K...
As always, feedback is very welcome, so please get in touch! I closed the front door quietly behind me, my eyes becoming accustomed to the gloom of the house. Hanging my jacket and loosening my tie, I glanced upstairs to see only the faint glow of the nightlight from the baby's room and nothing else – and, more importantly, no sounds of crying or screami...
I caught myself daydreaming the other day. I was actually thinking of a personal hygiene ad for kids and parents that had the words head, head lice sung to the tune of UB40's Red, Red Wine. Yes, it's stupid. Yes, I can't believe it entered my ADHD addled dome. Yes, considering what happened and what I was about to do again, I was happy for the distraction....
Home Late - For the second time this week she had worked late. It was after three when she quietly unlocked the apartment door. The TV was on. Muted, its flickering images danced smartly in the darkness. Her sitter, Sable Ellis, lay sleeping on the couch. Gently, she shook the reliable high-schooler who, as usual, didn't complain about the time. But it wa...
Larry and Doris were still mostly asleep when they walked to their patio with their coffee. It was Friday morning and as usual their Thursday night had wiped them out. The all you can eat fried fish special was as popular as ever. As usual after they got home on Thursday night they had headed for their hot tub in the patio. Larry remembered they had found t...