A Bit of Worry, a Lot of Pain, and a Pack of Cigarettes Oh jesuschrist. Piss a shit-fit. Godchristandmotherfucker; I'm shaking, trembling, trying to hold my limbs tight to my body so I go unnoticed and I'm not mistaken to be in the throes of an epileptic seizure or a victim of a Tourette's fit here by these life-saving servants of the medical environment. I...
copyright 2012 by Madengineer3 "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad" (Latin: Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius) "Mills of the Gods, Grind exceedingly slow, But grind exceedingly fine.", attributed to Euripides * Chad was sort of a useless human being. Unfortunately not only was he a miserable person but he had wealth and position that...
You had both been trying for a baby now for what felt like forever, it had passed a typical time for a conception to take. Several different doctors advised all kinds of techniques to improve the odds but for some reason nothing seemed to work. It was time for something a little different. You had heard about her through a friend, supposedly the best in the...
Chapter Nine Had Jonathon's assistant, Paul not leapt forward and broken his fall, then Michael thought that his father's injuries could have been much worse. For a moment everyone seemed to be frozen into immobility, and no one knew what to do next. Then panic ensued, as people surged forward, and surrounded their leader, fussing and fretting, and babbli...
My Mom was telling me for a long time that I should go to a doctor to do a check-up. She considered that that is something that everybody should do, particularly a young woman like me. I knew it was a good advice and there was a long time since my last visit to a Family Doctor. We tried to determine when was the last time I visited our Family Doctor... La...
The alarm wet off with a buzz 6:30 AM Monday April 11th. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and got out of bed and headed to the shower. The water helped wash the sleepiness away. I went over the days schedule in my mind Steve's on the west coast another two weeks Lisa's was in her second year of college would be leaving about the same time I would. As I was...
Passion In James County X: Badge of Dishonor Chapter twenty-seven "Luke, you did a good job this morning, as far as I'm concerned," Tim Jackman said after the young deputy explained what had happened that morning and, to some extent, the evening before. "You could have been hurt, but you weren't, and neither was anyone else." After the E.R. doctors were f...
This chapter contains two stories of a life-changing nature. In both, people stepped forward and gave of themselves to help strangers that really needed the help. As noted in the other three chapters, kindness is not rare, just under-reported. The purpose of this series is to let readers become writers and tell their stories of unexpected and unconditional k...
Finally Mary snapped. The work had become backbreaking. Since she had been married to Kigotho, she had borne him seven children. There were nearly 30 goats and sheep to find fodder for. She had to fetch the household's water from the river, each trip taking her more than an hour. The fireplace was eating more and more firewood, now that the children were gr...
Catherine (Kizzy) and Carolyn (Kissy) are twins. Catherine came into the world first, at 3:15 am. Her sister Carolyn followed 8 minutes later. Kim Soo Park cried. She had 2 children already that she could not afford to feed. How would she ever be able to care for 2 more babies, born premature and facing severe medical expenses growing up? --- "Ladies and g...