The Back Door – #FSS 27

I swaddled my scarf perfectly snugged around my neck and walked out the door without looking back. When I got in my car and started it, one of my favorite songs was playing on the radio. It was REO Speedwagon's Keep On Loving You. I immediately began belting out the lyrics with the song, even …

The Unkept Promise

Image by anncapictures from Pixabay He had promised her that he would be back home before she knew it. Jamie had to leave on the 9 o'clock train, and Violet was not invited. Jamie's parents had not invited her to the gathering because she was not the kind of girl that they approved of. When he sat down …

Sebastian’s Story – Part 26 – The Envelope

Image Credit: Leyne @ Morguefile.com. Fiona had not sat with her feet up for the longest time, or at least it felt like it. It was the first time that she could relax. Sebastian was playing with his new best friend, Finn, and Lucas... She thought to herself, Lucas was doing whatever it was that …

Sebastian’s Story – Part 25 – The Hunt

The winter snow had come in full force this season, and Indiana was gaining much more snowfall than usual. The collection of snow and ice from the storms made it hard to journey on the highways, but thankfully Lucas had gotten them safe before the roads had gotten too bad. Fiona sat in her room …

The Phone Call – #FSS 24

This week’s Story Starter from Fandango is: She overheard the couple whispering in the adjoining room and realized… that she had to be careful what she said when her phone call finally came through. The walls were seemed to be paper-thin, and the subject of her phone call was not something that she wanted anyone …

Sebastian’s Story – Part 24 – Lucas’s Demesne

Sebastian was like a tiny little Spartan because he was ready for any battle that came at him. He was having the worst time of his life, and he stood so tall and so very strong. Most adults would crumble with everything that had been happening in his young life. He had the heart and …

The Photograph – #FSS 23

This week’s Story Starter teaser from Fandango is: He realized that she had made a fool of him when he opened the drawer and found… a picture of his beautiful wife with a man he had never seen before. He had no idea what prompted him to look in her things, but he was glad …

The Forsaken Path – CCC160

Image Credit: Crispina Kemp She had been driving for hours before Sam Sawyer finally saw the sign that was posted across from the long gravel driveway to her family's old country house. Wanton vines had consumed the fence behind the sign, and it had almost found its way up the wood on the marker that …

The Winter Walk – Aria and Cooper

Image Credit: Morguefile.com Aria had been walking forever it seemed, though it had only been minutes. The cold breeze in her face had turned her nose a bright pink, and her feet were freezing in her boots. The snow made her steps harder and heavier. Each step made the cabin feel farther away and made …

Family Makes the World Go Around – #WDYS 110

Image credit; Sasint @ Pixabay The friendly cat meows in the breeze of a sunny day, and she rubs up against the basket filled with fruit, purring loudly and stretching her back against the weave. The boy says, "Grandma, sit with me a moment! Let me show you what I've found!" Grandma sat beside him and …