"After many years, Brad finally gets to really know his older stepsister"
Brad was heading to his parent's house for Thanksgiving. Even though it was a seven-hour drive, he tried to make it back home several times a year to visit for a few days, to see his mom and stepfather, and...
"Nora's boyfriend starts as her customer."
The story of how I landed my first ever girlfriend is pretty unconventional. At first glance, one would think we were totally unsuited for each other. Yet, although we irked each other at times, for a while we clicked.Before her,...
"Brian shows his skills at matchmaking, and some just happening"
Patti and George's announcement comes at the start of November. Two of the three women are in happy and stable relationships now. But there remains Jennifer.Jennifer is a quandary for Brian. At forty-two, she is close to his own age...
"Brian shows his skills at matchmaking, and some just happen"
Meanwhile, next in line is Patti and this interesting George at the church. Patti has poo-pooed all of George’s attempts over the past few years. It appears that he thinks Patti is a desirable woman and that her husband was...
"Brian shows his skills at matchmaking..."
Brian does not forget his promise to himself after the first dinner with Mark’s mother and sisters. Well, the girls, no, now definitely women at forty, deserve to meet men who will cherish and care for them. Their youth and...
"An evening of rememberances, and unique fun"
After all the excitement of Timara’s birth, Mark coming out, and Les and Phoebe moving in next door, things begin to calm down by mid-October. The weekly Thursday dinners continue, as do the football night at the sports bar.Timara’s baptism occurs...
"She might be what I need..."
My name is Mike. I’m forty-eight, divorced, and work troubleshooting for supply chains in international businesses. I usually get called in before a company goes broke, or get court-ordered after a company files for bankruptcy. Some judges that deal with...
"A prayer of gratitude for flamehaired women everywhere."
It's stupid o'clock in the morning and I'm sitting at the departures gate waiting for my flight to be called. I'm going to Frankfurt to look after some corporate VIP like the good techie I am. I'm so tired I...
"Imagine your life told as a fairy tale."
Once upon a time, in a castle far, far away, a little baby girl named Daisy was born. She had three siblings, Roy, nine, Iris, eight, and Genevieve, six. Daisy was the little doll of them all, and as any doll,...
"Carly swaps solitude for love"
The warmth of the day was just starting to ebb away as I lounged in an Adirondack chair in front of my cabin. The local insect life was in full chirp, and the last of the sunlight was dappling the...