From the Heart
Crushed
Jessica moved the rolling pin back and forth over the graham crackers in the bag, crushing them to pieces. The neighbors had asked her to bring her famous toffee and fudge bars to the picnic, and the graham cracker base was the first step. She rolled the pin, grinding...
Small Things
Maddie hurried toward the front of the shopping center where Zoey stood, her scarf wrapped around the bottom half of her face and her hands jammed into her coat pockets. “I’m sorry I’m late. You could have waited inside.” Zoey pulled her scarf from her mouth. “No...
Smoothing Rough Edges
Greg grumbled at the mess in front of him. He’d spent nearly thirty minutes trying to smooth the spackle over the hole in the drywall. What he expected to be a simple job was chewing up half his morning. At this rate, Mike would be here before he was even close to...