I had been smoking cigarettes since I was nine years old, I thought,to myself as I awoke with a smoker's cough. "It's time to quit!" I said out loud. I had tried many times before to no avail. This time I would try hypnosis. I had spoken to a friend that was hypnotized to stop smoking, and she hadn't had a cigarette in five years. She gave me the name and nu...
Who would have thought that after a year of sitting at home alone, I would be on a date? Not only a date, but a date with a great guy. I'd been standing in the grocery store, minding my business, when the gentleman in front of me turned around and said, "Can you watch my daughter for two seconds, I just need to run and get some Pampers, right there." He poin...
The moment I pressed play on the remote, I knew I was in trouble. However, my heart was racing since I laid eyes on this long forgotten treasure. We, my fiancé and I had been cleaning up the house and packing things as we prepared to move out of her parents' home and into one of our own. Katherine, Katy and I were excited to moving in and being an official...
He and She. They were as unlikely as any couple to ever become lovers. He was a big redheaded man, nearly six-five and at least two hundred twenty pounds. He was very reserved and many thought he was unfriendly but he liked people well enough. However except in the line of work he just would not speak to anyone unless spoken to first. The conversations w...
Thursday morning just after 9am and a knock at the door Sidney stood there smart as ever beaming as Mike opened the door. "You must be Mike" he said, "Linda told me a lot about you, I am Sidney, we met the other day." "Hello, yes that's me, do come in, she won't be a few minutes." Mike led Sidney into the kitchen area and offered him a coffee. They sit at...
Chapter 1 -- Rite of Passage "I've got to do something about my love life, Pete," I groaned. He rolled his eyes and grimaced as he set down my pint on the table in front of me. He'd heard it all before, far too many times. "How long is it since that skinny tight-arse bird of yours went to Australia?" he asked as he sat down opposite me and took a long sip...
It has been about a year since my husband, Art, passed away. Often, I think of his generous nature that brought much happiness in to my life and my friend Rose's life. Specifically, he encouraged us to share our lives with younger men. I dare say that few men are as magnanimous as Art. I'm Myrna, 53 years old, 5 ft 10 in, 130 lb, blue eyes, and brown hair;...
"James? Are you here to save me?" Sophia Ridge was doing her best to comprehend her dreams. Wondering for a moment if the food the Ganthorian female Harpea gave her was laced with some hallucinogenic. The singing in her mind from a lone Tyrant Tear cell kept her calm. "No Sophia. You are here to save me." "How can I save you? You're five miles upstairs."...
Deidre couldn't believe it. Today was her tenth anniversary. She shook her head and smiled. It seemed hard to believe that she had been married to a wonderful man like Scott that long. She felt incredibly lucky to have found a man like him. She thought of all the wonderful things she now had in her life. Her stepson, Greg, Scott's oldest son, was a very suc...
I was just checking my calendar for counseling sessions for the day when my neighbor George poked his head in the door of my office. True to his monthly habit, he winced and asked "you got time for some quick advice?" He always said this as he was walking in to sit down and start what would always be a free session. About once a month George would come in t...