It's finally here. Joshua's fingers trembled and his breaths came in sharp gasps as he buttoned his overcoat, excitement seeming to radiate off of him in waves. "Well Penelope, how do I look?" The shimmering blue butterfly gave a slow flap of her wings. "Oh yes, right, right, right." Joshua muttered as he quickly found and donned his neckerchief, fastening it securely around the lower half of his ...

“What happened to ‘for better or worse’?” Joel threw the words at her, hurt and accusation clear on his face. Rebecca looked away, her heart was pounding so hard she could feel her pulse in her face. She was finally doing it; she felt like she was standing on the edge of a cliff about to jump, the anticipation of weightlessness surged through her and butterflies ricocheted in her stomach. Six long...

Stacy put her head against the cool glass of the window and closed her eyes. Sun was streaming into the car as they drove down I-25 into Denver.

“Thank you for coming with me today, sweetheart; it means a lot.” Stacy felt her mom’s hand gently squeeze her knee before moving back to the steering wheel . Sighing, Stacy opened her eyes and turned up the radio.

Twenty minutes later Stacy’s mom pulle...