“God loves you,” the little old man said to me. “But if you don’t accept him into your heart and believe only in him then he will not hesitate to condemn you to hell.”
“Nice guy,” I replied.
The Moment
In the end it was easy beyond comprehension. After all, she didn’t really want, or need, any of the gifts of guilt. The jewels, the gowns, the trinkets would only be unpleasant memories which she no longer required. They had been for the victim, the battered wife, the martyr, the barren woman who needed to be pitied, the cleaning zealot, the trophy wife, the I, the me and the my. They were for the ego.
Ms. Rule Breaker
Some rules are good ones: always wear your seat belt, do not drink before getting behind a steering wheel, do not commit a homicide, get to work on time, floss every night, make sure your dog has her shots up to date. But some rules are plainly there just to be crushed, stomped into the ground with a pair of Doc Martins.
The Lottery
As most others in my world I have often fantasized about winning the lottery. How much easier life would be. What I’ve come to realize over the years is that I’ve already won it. Out of the trillions of sperm and eggs that have ever existed on the planet, I was lucky enough just to have been born.
Dragons and Girls
The smell of blood, sweat, and ozone permeates the landscape. And the air weeps, making the ground slick and as dangerous as the fire hurled from the sky. One wrong step means certain death for the person unfortunate enough to fall down by this precipice.
The New Truck
On one blistering summer day, an extended family of immigrants considers the prospects and tribulations of life in their adopted country.
No Thank You, Mom
Mom, her eyes twinkling, hands me a crinkling bag as soon as I walk through the door. I look at the plastic package labeled “Navajo-print Nylon Dress.” The Navajo print looks as if it was designed by someone in a third-world factory, who based it on a description given by a French tourist, who got it from an ironic Swede, who was described it by a blind American, who may have flown over Arizona in the 1940’s.
Discovering the Inner Me
Growing up in a small town, and seemingly sheltered from the evils of the world, a girl discovers the awful reality of racism – and her natural reaction to it..
The Fashionista
Mother and daughter have radically different attitudes toward weddings, including what to wear.
A Good Buy
Then suddenly, as if the idea had occurred to both the Ryans at the same time, they stared at the urn. “Well don’t just stare at it woman, pull the stopper and let a body see in,” Jack said.
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