Diane

"We both needed more than we knew."

I'd only lived in my house a couple of years when I started the garden. I was twenty-five years old and was working crazy hours at my small business.  Getting home around six-thirty in the evening left me little time...

Heather – Part 6

"Heather and her dad play together one night."

Good morning! Heather texted, captioning a pic.CJ caught me being silly this morning. HahaGood morning, sweetie! Very cute pic! I sent, in reply.Are you working from home today? Heather asked.Yeah. You work today? I replied.No. Working out, then heading home, Heather texted.It's...

Daddy Finds A Playmate

"Daddy goes to a convention and unexpectedly finds a playmate."

“I love San Diego,” Daddy said to himself as he pulled his rental into the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel.  It was Wednesday afternoon and he would be attending a convention at the nearby Convention Center.  It was for suppliers to...

Mum’s Friend Dorothy

"A thrilling way to bridge the generation gap"

Twenty years had passed since that terrible evening. Twenty years in which lives had been repaired, if not healed, and had branched off in different directions from how those involved had intended.I had moved away, because I had been about...