"Laura and I continue to get to know each other."
I had been surprised at the greeting I got upon arrival at the late Edith Downing's home. Her daughter, Laura, had greeted me at the door like a long lost friend, and, after the other mourners had left, she had...
"Shopping for a special friend requires special efforts"
The holidays were approaching, and I left work early to find a gift for a special someone. Since we’d met and become lovers, my sex life was fantastic. I was looking for the perfect lingerie to take our relationship to...
"It turned out the watcher was watched..."
I had been out taking pictures of birds; well, that’s what I intended to do, but I had stumbled across a pair of ladies playing in a pond and had taken some pictures of them instead. When I got back...
"The trip to Paris comes to a conclusion."
After waking, we cleansed ourselves in the spacious hotel shower, washing, caressing and debating where to go on our sightseeing trek. Monique wanted to go home and get a few changes of clothes if she were going to remain with...
"A neighborly act gets rewarded and then some."
Edith Downing had been my fifth grade teacher, as well as my next door neighbor, growing up. She had a daughter four or five years my junior, whom I babysat for a few times early in my high school days. I'd seen...
"Solomon meets a cougar..."
It was the end of a long week, and I was ready to finally relax. No one told me working life could be so hard.My name is Solomon. Yes, I know the cliché, did your mother think you would be...
"Surviving Cancer was one part of the battle, getting her life back was the other."
"You did it," Sonia yelled as I crossed the finish line. I could barely talk as I looked at her. She held onto me as she led me over to a bench, where I promptly sat down to catch my breath. "Congratulations,"...
"I might be a little early with this one but please enjoy all the same."
Fifty-seven year old Lydia Mae Valentine smiled with love at hearing the voice of her daughter, Tonya on the phone.“Hi Mama, how are you?” Tonya asked.“Hi baby, I’m fine. I’m getting along. Thank you for the dinner plate," Lydia said. "The...
"A older man visiting some friends meets a young drum majorette in a marching band."
It wasn’t just raining, it was pouring down with such force the drops bounced off the terrace floor and the surrounding grass. I stood under the roof looking out while smoking a cigarette. It had begun just a few minutes...
"My 'daughter from a different father' needs more than a kind word to help her hurt feelings."
I slipped quietly into the living room to check on my wife. She was sound asleep with some form of CSI blaring on the TV set. Another grueling day of watching daytime TV had left her exhausted. I covered her...