Make Something: Rainbow
We are a blended family with six children, ages nine to nineteen. Every other weekend, we are all together—eight people under one roof. Jim and I live in our home always […]
We are a blended family with six children, ages nine to nineteen. Every other weekend, we are all together—eight people under one roof. Jim and I live in our home always […]
Stepping away from the counter, we chose a table by the window and set down our drinks. Jim was just pulling out his chair when I instructed him to unload his […]
as night bends to day lone bodies shift and stretch ’til his hand brushes hers
Day 329 prompt: Isolation once strained communication gave way to altercations they passed on reconciliation and selected separation but with months ‘til litigation neither wanting relocation they shared accommodations staying in […]
Day 311 prompt: Hearts his body tosses in an east coast hotel room mine turns in our Midwest suburban bedroom brains forced to focus on matters in our midst hearts bound […]
Day 294 prompt: Obligations the alarm announced her obligations rouse children feed cats serve breakfast pack lunches start laundry wash dishes walk dog she did it all smiling humming warmed by […]
Day 266 prompt: Together (a haiku) they may co-pilot a minivan but that’s no proof of wedded bliss
Day 264 prompt: Hands they emerge plump and pink from the veil of white bubbles that whisper over her dinner dishes still for half a second then two rapid twitches scatter […]
Day 259 prompt: Bliss do you ever reminisce about forever bliss so warmly promised with a public kiss? with things amiss some lose that bliss in a cold abyss of “I […]
Drunken Daryl Likes to hit. Sally wishes She could split. But she’s in Vegas Far from home life. “Ain’t no family Sharin my wife.” You want romance? Just go on […]
Day 207 prompt: Union a matrimony of equals each autonomous yet holding fast to one another for a delicious bond of shared existence ‘til the end of their days P B […]