Ah, Vacation! I had decided earlier in the year to take the last two weeks of the current year and the first two weeks of next year for a nice, long, 4-week vacation in Europe. Trips like these are easy for me because I'm an airline employee, so I get discounted, space available travel. If I'm lucky, I might even get a first class or business class seat. I...
The next morning found the three of us alone for the first time without our parents. A quick bowl of cereal and a quick change of clothes and I was out the door and out taking a walk. The morning ocean air was refreshing and invigorating and it was still not quite hot yet. I walked all the way to the bay and looked out over the boats in the water and peop...
Please feel free to ad to this story to finish it, but only add if you feel you are a capable writer with something to add that will not compromise the feel and plot I've created. Thanks a ton for reading, and for writing! I can't wait to see how this is finished! * * * * * At any given moment if you were to ask me, Adam Green, what my greatest memory from...
Author's Notes: To get the best out of this story, I would advise you to start from Ch.01. Conversations that took place in Hindi are recorded as such in italics, immediately followed by a translation in English. Readers familiar with Hindi might find it rewarding to read through the original Hindi conversations. Others can conveniently skip them. ***...
Chapter 3 The Wedding What can I say? It was fabulous! Mary and Jen, put it together so quickly that it had to surprise everyone that everything was so well done. I found out that Mary had contacted my Mom and she lent a hand in helping make decisions about the food and decorating. It was surprising how my mother and Mary became such good friends in such...
This is the true story of a vacation my family took to Los Angeles when I was 18 years old. It was supposed to be a college visit for me, but my family wanted to turn every trip into a vacation. That particular trip, I was visiting UCLA and we stayed at the Holiday Inn in Westwood. Since then, it's become the Double Tree. Look it up. I'm not lying. This is a...
"Miss me?" Carrie asked as she came into my arms and hugged me. She looked amazing as always. "A little," I smiled in reply. "Only a little?" she asked with a frown as she pulled away. "I've been gone for over a week." "Was it that long?" I asked nonchalantly. She poked me hard in the ribs. "Jerk!" she snapped before turning away angrily. "Oh come on!"...
Okay, so I was sitting at my favorite computer inside the Carleton University library when I learned from the client liaison officer of Securitas Canada that I was fired from Bell Canada, supposedly because someone thought they saw me sleeping in the ladies room. What the fuck? I looked at my cellphone like it was possessed and shot the bearded Arab libraria...
It was Wednesday June 10th, 1981 at 8:19 pm when a 6 pound 9 pounce baby boy was born. This baby boy was born with a birth defect called spinal bifida. This would be the first of many hardships the baby would face. When he was born the doctors were quickly giving up on him. Telling his parents that there wasn't much hope for the baby to survive. Although if...
Jim and I first met on August 18, 1986 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where we were both stationed with the United States Army. I was a single twenty year old private and he was a married thirty nine year old sergeant with two teenage sons. His wife and sons were living in Indianapolis, Indiana while Jim was finishing his enlistment. I was assigned to his cleani...