“See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the song of doves is heard in our land.” (Song of Songs 2:11-12). The lane from the house to the school bus took me 10 minutes to walk. That’s all the time I…
Our Hibachi Angel by Gail Blase
Katey died of a heroin overdose on June 13th, 2012. She was twenty-five years old. We’d planned a dinner out together, to celebrate how well she’d had been doing with her recovery. We were finally getting our old Katey back. We had no idea that she had relapsed. When I got to her house, there…
A Letter to Darrell Sifford’s Son
I thought I’d meet Darrell Sifford in person one day. He’d already become a twice a week fixture in my life with his columns in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Every Wednesday and Sunday, were special days to sit with hot coffee and scour the Family section for his words. It felt like meeting a wise friend…
Monsters and Brownies
When a three -year- old tells you there are monsters under their bed, it’s almost impossible to convince them otherwise. They are like mini- news reporters spouting off facts. The monster can shrink to hide anywhere. The monster nibbles kid’s toes while they sleep. The monster is big and red and and has…
Painted Ladies, an Angel Bump by Terri Elders
At fifteen I’d not dealt with death before, so all I knew was that it meant goodbye. That didn’t strike me as fair. I didn’t want to say goodbye to Grandma. Nonetheless, Mama insisted I attend the funeral with the rest of the family on that gray June morning. “Dress in…
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