Stories related to adulthood

Travels

Travels are her life. North to South, East to West. When are you coming home they asked. And she wondered, where is home? Here, never there.

At Her Baby Shower

Shrill aunts doting, impersonal gifts, competitive quilts, insincere delight, ridiculous games, stale cake, punch: everything I can’t have.

Native Eyes

She was sick of show-and-tells about dreamcatchers where most girls in the back would snicker at her. Yet someone needed her for her warmth.

Many Years Later

The smiling eyes of his great-grandson renewed his strength. He happily choked out “I do” to the man of his dreams.

Anniversary

After thirty years of marriage, your “yes” sounds fresh every night. But I don’t even have to ask. “Grateful” is not a word. It’s breathing.

Christmas Elf

Christmas music fills the air. The elf frolics and dances to happy applause, but she’s not happy. The men drool, and the metal pole is cold.