Tag: family

  • Future Life

    PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields  As soon set over the mountains, I wondered what my next step would be.  Would I continue on with my dream or should I turn back and return to the life every expected of me?  The missed calls on my phone meant my family was not supportive of my decision, but I knew I couldn’t let them make my decisions for…

  • Flawed

    Everyone knew he was flawed  Because his heart had never thawed  Only working for himself  And keeping his emotions on a shelf  His family he always did defraud 

  • On Reading

    I once had a cow who could read  In hopes he would someday be freed  My father said NO  He could not go!  So instead he learned to start a stampede 

  • Hurricane

    I knew the hurricane would be exactly like the last major storm we endured, mainly because of how my father was acting.  He was pretending like nothing was wrong, was avoiding the news and questioned me on why all the neighbors were leaving.  Nothing I could say would change his mind.  Instead, I packed my…

  • Imagination

    “He never had much of an imagination.  I’m not surprised he got caught.  I knew it, I just knew it…” As I listened to Marley ramble on about our brother, Ryan, I tried to tune her out.  I knew my brother and I knew why he had gotten into trouble.  I knew why he had…

  • Shining

    PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook  The bright sun told me he was there.  That he was watching.  A promise kept, but more often than not, it was a promise broken.  My uncle said he would always be here for me.  Would always have my back.  But now, I only felt his presence when the sun…

  • Risking an Open Heart

    Broken hearts had made me nervous from an early age.  I had started my life adventurous and had slowly withdrawn into myself.  Always safe herself and an erstwhile hypochondriac, my mother played a major role in my withdrawal into myself.  I knew she meant well, but her adamant desire for safety trumped my desires for…

  • The Diary

    “Pete has always been afraid of you and now I know why.”  Jenny’s voice came from behind me and startled me enough to drop the diary onto the hardwood floor.   “Jenny.  Listen -” I was reluctant to tell her what I was doing because she had always been so timid.  Her conscious was always…

  • The Shell Collection

    PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields  The shell collection was something I knew I needed to get rid of, but knowing and doing were two different things.  I knew I could let my past go by dumping the shells, but could I live with myself after the deed was done?  What would my mother think?  Did…

  • The Cupboard

    Photo Prompt © Ronda Del Boccio  I knew my sister was gone as soon as I opened the cupboard.  It was so empty and bare that I also knew she was not coming back.  I should have realized sooner what her plans were, but I had been too hopeful.  Hopeful she would stay around.  Hopeful…