"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
His first week in Des Moines is behind him, Jerry is back home for the weekend feeling pretty good about things overall. He's working again and he's got a place to live. Not bad progress for his first week on...
"Things begin to become clearer about Mark."
Mark’s head is against the steering wheel, tears running down his face, equal to the rain hitting against the car’s windshield. He tries calling the number on his phone for the sixth time in the last three hours. Still no...
"A trans girl with a little black bob gets an extra ride on the train"
I sit in Dylan Rey’s hair salon on Tunbridge Wells High Street and stare at my new little black bob.I worried it wouldn’t suit my face, that I wouldn’t be able to manage the upkeep, and that at thirty-six I...
"Meeting Tim's mates for the first time"
Friday arrives, and Abbie drives herself to work, telling Tim she will see him at home afterward. She is a bundle of nerves today and keeps admonishing herself to relax and not worry. She is experiencing the same worries as...
"Understanding the past"
Tim always viewed himself as an outsider. He felt everyone viewed him as a bastard in school for not having a father and wanted nothing to do with him. In truth, except for one day in school when he was...
"Tim and Abbie expand their horizons..."
As the first week of their time at the shore winds down to the midpoint of their vacation, Tim and Abbie have chatted with several other guests about things they have done. There is one that stirs them as it...
"Tim and Abbie take a holiday."
By mid-August, Abbie and Tim are settled into their new home and lives. It is incredible how far they had come since that night last April when they met for the first time. Four months for so many changes, and...
"Tim gets a new look along with other things."
August does bring many new things into Abbie and Tim’s life. They would have never imagined that five weeks could hold so much. It started out as told, with a new license for Abbie, a car for Tim, and what...
"Tim and Abbie's first real occasion as a couple"
At four in the afternoon, Tim picks Abbie up from work, and they head home to get ready for the reception starting at seven. They have plenty of time as the festivities will be in the atrium at Microga Headquarters,...
"Abbie and others worry about the same thing for her and Tim."
After all six celebrating Tim’s promotion, they all gather together again a couple of days later. It is the first Thursday suppers at Tim and Abbie’s home. Dinner fixed by Tim is delicious, and they were having a wonderful time...