Weeks before the big day Momma buys me a new pink dress and my brother a new gray suit. On Friday she washes my hair, greases my scalp, and plaits my hair. Saturday night I…
Category: Holiday
Birthday!
I walked into the kitchen to wash the dishes and my daughter says to me,” Mommy you should write a story about birthdays.” It’s funny because I haven’t written any short stories in a while.…
Pulse of the City
Can you feel that? If you stop, you can feel it. Maybe even see it. Some of us are aware of it and some of us are not. It’s so subtle that you really, really…
Holiday
It’s the yummy smelling fragrances of cinnamon and nutmeg that entombs my body and fills my nose with sweet goodness. In our house it’s the aroma of delicious strawberries and peaches traveling through the air.…
Super Heroes
It’s that time of year again. The temperature outside starts dropping giving us a break from the three digit days of last summer. The darkness gradually comes earlier than months before. The grass and trees…