Tag: love

  • Ski Chalet

    I had always wanted to stay in a posh ski chalet.  I wanted to be able to ski in and ski out of my own chalet just so I could say that I did it.  That I had stayed not in a hotel on a mountain, but a chalet.  I just wanted to ski in…

  • Breaking the Neighborhood

    The neighborhood started going downhill the day after I moved in.  And I knew it was all my fault.  I wasn’t entirely sure if my neighbors knew I brought the problems with me and I wasn’t sure if I was going to fix the problems.  I wondered how long I could get away with bringing down…

  • The Bride

    “I thought you would like to visit.  To see everything new since the last time we were there.”  Jessica was practically jumping out of her skin to get in the car and go.  I knew gardens would spark her interest, but I didn’t know she would be this excited.  “I don’t have to work this…

  • Freedom

    “It’s my last night of freedom,” I said to myself.  Then I said it out loud.  To my friends.  I knew they didn’t have any idea as to what I was talking about.  They didn’t know what I knew.  The next day I was supposed to marry New York’s newest millionaire.  I knew the life…

  • The Surprise

    “He might not have understood what he was seeing.  I barely understood it and I am not even ten years old.”  I pleaded with my brother to let our nephew go and let him go immediately.  “How could he not understand?” Jack said, practically yelling.  “Because he is ten, he wasn’t in on the secret. …

  • Gentle Birth

    “He is of gentle birth,” she said stoically.  “He is -”  “Oh please.  We do not live in the Middle Ages.”  I knew I should listen and indulge Lainey more than I did, but tonight was not the night.  I was too caught up in what was happening right outside to be caught up in…

  • Blackberry Bushes

    The blackberry bushes made me feel like home no matter where I went.  Due to the fact I didn’t have a place I called home or a place I went back to for holidays, I had to make my own home.  My own place.  I moved around with my parents as a child and quickly…

  • Naps in the Park

    “I never want to see you again!” she screamed.  “Stay away from me and stay away from my family!  I never should have agreed to see you in the first place.”  I was startled out of my afternoon nap in the sun by a woman walking around the corner, gesturing wildly in the air.  The…

  • You Define Love

    “You define love,” I wanted to whisper, but ended up biting my tongue instead.  I was scared my views would be blown out of the water by my more thoughtful and poetic fiancee.  There were many times I totally felt inadequate by his words, his actions and his thoughtfulness. I had tried to tell him…

  • Perfection

    I stared into his eyes and wanted to leave the party.  Even though Grant and I had met three months ago, I am not confident he remembers my name.  I longed for him to remember, to notice I was there.  To know that I was noticing him. But here he was staring blankly at me…