“He forgot a letter.”

I say as I flip through the stack of envelopes the lady handed me.

She slowly shakes her head and says, “no that’s all we have for you.”

I twist my mouth to one side and peruse the mail I’m holding one more time. There’s no lavender 5x7 card envelope in the stack. “Are you sure?” I ask again.

The lady behind the desk of our neighborhood clubhouse looks annoyed. She ri...

The trill of my alarm wakes me from my sleep. I slap my hand over my phone and mash the side button to silence the noise. Rather than look at the screen, I sit upright and swing my feet over the edge of the bed standing up.

I walk into the bathroom with my eyes practically still closed. It’s not until I snatch off my oversized night shirt and hear something hit the floor that I awaken completely...

Jason was first through the door. His aunt’s house was bustling with people as everyone moved about preparing the Thanksgiving meal. Even in all the chaos of mixing and basting, the feeling of being home was soothing to Jason. “Hi son!” Jason’s father extended his hand as Jason entered the den where the men sat watching the Dallas Cowboys. “Hey, what’s going on?” Jason sighed as he plopped onto th...

“I don’t know Rod,” Ari hugged herself against the ocean breeze as she spoke. “I don’t wanna beg, and I just feel like at this point I’m begging.” Ari twisted her lips to one side and tried to suppress the lump in her throat, but the longer Rodrick stayed silent the more difficult that became. “Do you have anything to say?” Ari’s voice broke. Rodrick sat upright and dusted the sand from his palms....