"How can love hurt so much...?"
I didn’t know it would hurt this muchLoveCaptivated from the momentI first saw youSmitten by your coy smileYour laughing eyesMischievous grinAnd unfettered soulIn the twinkling of an eyeWe were wedJoined together for lifeFused with a vitalityAn intimate mergingOf two incandescent...
"What happens when we come to the end? Are we ever lost in this day and age?"
For a moment, I thought I’d lost you. Emotions welled up inside of me,The uncontrollable floodgates opened,And yet, through all the tears,You were there.In an isolated fragment,Suspended in space and time,I focused on the clear facts,Denying everything, especially grief,And I...
"Love really does conquer all…"
“I’m sorry,” the doctor said, walking away from Mora’s bed.“I’m sorry,” our kids intoned as they sorrowfully turned to leave us alone.“I’m sorry,” the nurse clichéd, as she drew the curtains, then scurried away.“I’m sorry,” I croaked to the somnolent...
"An unpleasant blast from the past reappears to Kate and James"
Recap: I’m Kate, Sam’s best friend, and housemate with her and Tom, her boyfriend.We had been living at Tom’s for nearly a year now, me in the Annexe when I wasn’t away with work which had got busier as we kept...
"Two hearts collide in an hour of anguish"
I cannot reverse our hands of timeAnd may never see if this may end.I only ask that you please forgive meAnd dream again, my precious friend.Gaze into my eyes and hold me tightAs we let go on a weightless flight.Gliding...
"Pamela is forced to go through the unthinkable."
How do you honor your hero?The person you’ve looked up to your entire life?Your Example. Your Anchor. Your Stay.Tom Prescott was a beacon of integrity, a man who embraced every moment and offered unwavering devotion to his beloved wife and...
"What happens when the balance of power is abruptly disrupted?"
Deep within a forest in Romania…The Carpathian mountains rising above the dark green silhouettes of the three-hundred-year-old trees were no match for the splendour of the castle, protected within the virgin forest. On its intricately carved balcony, a young woman...
"A season of loss bears unexpected joys,"
Advent - The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. People say that commercialization has ruined Christmas. It hasn’t for me. Sure, while the fact that you can buy Santa hats and shop for Halloween costumes in October may tend...
"Danielle learns that life is far more than waiting for the curtain to fall."
Though her voice creaked like the worn armchair in which she sat, Elsie still had a piercing gaze that conveyed a playful sharpness within. "Sit with me, child."I stopped folding the sheets and perched on the edge of the bed...
"Getting lost on a train."
Audra and her husband rocked in time with the train’s motion, chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga… Her head lolled against his shoulder and her calm, steady breaths led Steve to think that she was asleep. An older man read a book alone across...