A couple of times a year Kate and I met up with friends from Seattle and toured some area of the West together on our motorcycles. Kate and I were high school teachers and had all summer. Carol and Danny had limited vacation time so we let them pick the route and destination. They suggested a return to Jackson, Wyoming since we hadn't been there in several y...
This story is a followup to the story One Slip written by Patricia51. If you haven't read it yet, please do so before reading this story,, both to gain a better understanding of where this story is, and because of the quality of the original story. At the end of her story Patricia invited others to carry on from its conclusion, and this is my attempt to do s...
Scott looked around the room. The New Year's Eve party clamored raucously with laughter and conversation. So far, the party appeared successful. To stay off the dangerous streets on this night each year, the neighborhood held their own party, which rotated every year to a different home. This year, Scott and Claire Dillon hosted the event. He strolled into...
I have read many of these bar conversation stories and liked them. However, I think they were always from the man's point of view. I thought I would try my hand at it from the woman's point of view. Not being female I may have missed the mark. In any case, I hope you enjoy the quick read. ***** Carol Saves a Marriage Once again Carol found herself sitting...
She was out again. Late. Always late. I lay awake in bed, trying to read, but instead thinking "Where is she? Why doesn't she want to stay at home with me? Why does she have to be so late?" I couldn't concentrate on my book as I lay there alone in an empty house. Things hadn't exactly been perfect since the wedding. Her career had taken off while mine had...
The ten-year old girl charged through the door into the kitchen with her eight year old brother two steps behind. She suddenly put on brakes, and her brother bumped into her back, complaining petulantly about his sister's sudden stop. The girl looked up at her mother and said happily, "Mommy, you look so pretty." Jason trailed his two children into the ki...
This is the fourth installment in a series of stories about a fictitious organization designed along the lines of Alcoholics Anonymous where people who have cheated on their spouses, and the spouses they cheated on, can both find support and forgiveness as they work to rebuild their lives. There may well be an organization like this, and there are many organ...
This is an edited version of an earlier story. My attempt to publish edit marks failed, making the first story unreadable. So I fixed it here. If you check, you will see that the first and second drafts become dramatically different stories with only minimal word changes. That was the game I played with myself -- to turn a story about a failed farm because o...
Night falls and as darkness descends I close my eyes. I am lost in my thoughts and memories. Why didn't I just walk away? It's March 2007 and Henry Burk is throwing a party. His parties are legendary. Henry is the all-state pitcher on the school's baseball team and he is headed to college with a full scholarship. Everyone is there. We are telling jokes, lau...
(A co-authoring by Vandemonium1 and CreativityTakesCourage) HI. MY NAME IS MIKE and I love my kids more than anything else in the world. I'd do anything for them without a moment's hesitation. Yeah, I know every parent says that, and words are cheap, but I believe it down to my bootstraps. Not many men are presented with the chance to prove that statement....