Chapter 1 – Crash-landing The pilot turned back and smirked at Paula and Noel. "How are you girls?" he asked. "It's getting boring," Paula replied and slumped into her seat. Noel hemmed, then took out a comb and brushed her curly brown hair. The little Cessna rocked slightly and tilted. The pilot studied the dials. The engine started to whir louder. "...
Finally she broke the silence "You look traumatized" she laughed. "Don't worry, this is exactly what I wanted. Yes it looks giant and uncomfortable, but surgery was not an option. You don't understand how relieved I am to be in this plaster prison, instead of being hooked up to an IV being prepped for surgery." I laughed and said "No, I'm not traumatized, j...
Once again as the paramedics unloaded her, she moaned as she was moved. She looked over at me and said "My insurance card and ID is in the 2nd pocket of my wallet inside my purse." I took the wallet out and gave her a reassuring smile. We were taken into the triage area of the ER where Kelly was unstrapped from the stretcher and transferred onto a gurney....
It was on a nice Wednesday afternoon. I was on day-one of a two-day break between the weekend day shift and the dreaded midnight shift that started Friday Morning (actually I had to be there by Midnight Thursday night) I was reading a book out on my apartment balcony and enjoying the early afternoon sun of a nice spring day. There were very few people out...
We took a few seconds trying to decide the best way to get her situated in the back seat of the SUV. Kelly slid into the backseat while I stabilized her leg and then she pulled her leg in as she sat across the massive back seat of the SUV. I slid in the passenger seat as our driver started the engine. I turned my body towards her and said "We'll have a whee...
I have always been an exhibitionist. I actually spent some time in college trying to find out why, what was the cause? Insecure perhaps? Oh, that is me. A feeling of being inadequate? Yes, me, too. Perhaps. Nothing I ever read or studied really fits me. I just am the way I am. Bending over and offering a peek by "accident" gets me hot! If the objec...
John Stefanovitch was appointed as Mrs. Tandy's driver on his 25th birthday. He took that as a good sign. He didn't have any reason to think otherwise. The payment was more than generous and the work wasn't hard. Most of the time he was doing small repairs on Mrs. Tandy's old Bentley, and washing it. Two times a day he had to take Mrs. Tandy's nurse downtown...
I woke up my 3rd morning in the hospital after having crashed my motor cycle into a guard rail breaking both arms and my right leg, I was helpless, I had to depend on nurses for everything from eating to going to the bathroom. As it turned out it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. At 6:45 a cute young lady came in with my breakfast, she sat the tray d...
Did I ever tell you that I was in the musical 'Starlight Express'? Well, it wasn't exactly the Broadway version. We were more off-Broadway. A long way off, actually - we were a travelling company. Although we did play some of the major cities. What? You've never heard of Starlight Express? Ok, I'll educate you. Starlight Express the musical is the story of...
Two - Second Daughter's Friend It had been just about 6 weeks since I got the cast for my broken arm. I had fallen getting into the shower after answering a phone call. My daughters were the ones who found me when they had arrived for me to take them out for a family dinner that evening. It was rather embarrassing that they had seen me naked, but it was g...