True Beauty

            Julie poured hot water into her friends’ mugs as they gathered around her dining room table.             “Thanks,” Susan said, as she plopped a tea bag into her cup. She settled back against her chair and glanced at the large mirror opposite her. “I don’t...

New Hope

            “It’s open,” Russ called, in response to the sound of his doorbell. In walked Jessica. No surprise there. She’d visited every weekend since his injury.  She walked over to his chair, pulled the remote from his hand, and clicked off the TV.             “I...

Grandma’s Legacy

          Eddie sat, with only his hand moving as he turned the golden key between his fingers. Lost in thought, he didn’t hear the door behind him as his roommate entered the apartment.         “Are you still obsessing about that key?” Albert asked.        ...

Living in a Goldfish Bowl

                     Sam hurried to catch up with his pastor after the men’s prayer breakfast. “Pastor Don, could I have a word?”         “Of course,” replied the older man. “What’s on your mind?”         “It’s the guys at work. They give me such a hard time. They...

Resolutions

             Kim took a sip of tea and refocused, determined to finish grading this batch of essays. They’d only been back in school a week since Christmas break, and already she was falling behind, but after a full day today that would no longer be the case. Her New...