From the Heart

         Gus made his way through the cemetery, putting his weight on his walking cane. His knee was acting up again, but walking usually loosened it up a bit. When he reached his usual spot, he laid a single rose on the gravestone, unfolded his cane into a seat, and...

Ellen hurried down the hall balancing grocery bags in both arms. What a day. Between work, school, and picking up food, she’d been out of the house for the past 12 hours. But when she’d opened her fridge this morning, it had nothing in it but a bottle of iced tea and...

                Jared cast his line into the water and settled back against his chair at the end of the dock. The sun peeked over the horizon and cascaded across the water. He sighed.             Tim glanced over at his son while he baited his line. “Everything...