Liz came in, holding a book as usual. "I've got some Sancocho if you want any!" The screen door closed with a satisfying click. Of course, her Ever-talkitive husband was already digging into the usually delicious soup! Their feisty three year-old was trying to get the attention of his inquiring grandma. "Gracias Mami! I'm not hungry right now. The babies are really kicking!"
A few minutes of g...
Finally!
Good news for once!
Death was always such a hard thing to talk about!
The most noble of us had to...
A happy sigh...
then a smile at the thought of the family
anxious no longer!
A pause, what if...
Something goes wrong and...
False Hope.
Almost worse than relaying death!
The blaming!
Oh The Blaming!
"I didn't do enough
I'm a horrible doctor..."
An anxious twirl of her b...
Did life have to be this hard! First a mental breakdown at work, and then almost running over his dog ... a truly terrible day.
Well that's over now, finally a moment to relax! Putting his feet up, Ronald Steme turned on a little Bach, trying to unwind to the flowing sound of classical music. The Ramen smelled so good, sitting their on the stove! Luka, his luckily unharmed poodle snuggled on t...
Shelby the shell sighed contentedly as she was being shaped. "This feels good, like in your stories grandma. What hapens nex!" Grandma Fajita lay on a flat plate, getting ready to be served. She was one of the lucky few who had been set on a table, ready to be consumed, but had been taken back untouched and was able to tell the tale of what hapened in the big fancy room with people inside.
"Well...
Pine forest,
I call to you
Help me,
pine forest
calm my racing mind
soothe my troubled thoughts,
Pine forest!
I feel you!
Your rustling trees,
your whipping wind
your delicious pine scent.
Your children,
the birds
nestled in your many tree branches.
So beautiful.
I relax in your bed
of soft pine needles
that litter the ground
like snow dusting a mountain....
The frisky dog haulted suddenly as he saw, once again, something tucked under the edge of his doggy bed. "First a squeaky squirl toy, and now this!!!" he thought, as he started pulling out the perfectly round chicken flavored delight. But wait... this thing smelled weird. It had a chunk bitten out of it...
The dog growled, dragging the large round bone toward the couch, where a fat calico kitten...