From the Heart

Tessa, Kay, and Maura exited the church after their Wednesday evening Bible study. The temperature had dropped since the sunny afternoon, but the air was still warm. “I can’t get over how lovely the weather has been this week,” Tessa said, as she inhaled a deep...

Danny slathered peanut butter on three slices of bread, jelly on another three, and slapped the slices together. Dropping each sandwich into a plastic bag, he placed one in each of the three waiting lunchboxes. He glanced at the clock and panicked. “Hurry up, kids....

Rachel hung up the phone, stunned. Never in a million years did she think they wouldn’t renew her contract. What was she going to do now? Sure, she knew it was a temporary job. And yes, she was living in an extended-stay hotel, so this clearly wasn’t permanent, but...