Tag: secrets

  • Bones

    The skeletons in my mother’s closet were enormous.  I managed to find most of her secrets when I was diving headfirst into my most rebellious years as a teenager.  The first time she caught me sneaking out and grounded me for a month was the first time I really started going through everything we had…

  • Short End of the Stick

    I always knew I had the short end of the stick being that I had two older brothers.  I wanted to be with them for every hour of every day.  I wanted to do everything they did and sometimes they let me and sometimes they didn’t.  My parents obliged my fantasies of playing flag football,…

  • Night Owl

    I had always been a night owl as I had a constant problem with insomnia. What my parents didn’t know was that my insomnia led me to wander the streets in the middle of the night. Luckily we didn’t have an alarm on any of our doors and windows so I was able to leave…

  • The Laundromat

    PHOTO PROMPT © Miles Rost  I didn’t know how much time I spent at the laundromat, but it was enough.  Enough to make me feel like a bit of a failure, but also reminded me I had come so far. I spent much of my free time in laundromats doing other people’s laundry. I had to…

  • The Fortune Teller

    “We are really going to interrogate a fortune teller?  Which one?  Who is she?”  I stared at my partner as she was practically jumping up and down with excitement.  “What are you so excited about?  You have a thing for voodoo?  Spirits?  Think you want someone to predict your future?  Know your secrets?”  I grabbed…

  • Craggy Secrets

    PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook I knew I would be at the top of the cliff before the day was done. There was no way I could continue to stare at the craggy edges and not know what the view was from the top. Maybe a new perspective of my little beach town would come.…

  • My Mother’s Corner

    PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields  I never understood how my mother could work in her ‘corner’. I wouldn’t exactly call her a hoarder, but she never cleaned out her desk. Every time I tried to borrow her computer for a school project, I quickly became distracted by every single thing at her desk. Why did…

  • Hidden Secrets

    “Where do you think he would have hidden it?”  Tyler lay on the hill next to me and whispered into my ear.  He knew I hated the way his whispers tickled my ear, but did it anyway.   “It’s a car.  It’s not like he can hide it somewhere in plain sight.  If it’s not in the…

  • Meet Me in the Middle

    “I just wanted you to meet me in the middle.  That’s it.  End of story.”  I turned back to my car and slowly walked, waiting for Sarah to stop me.  When I made it all the way to my car without Sarah speaking, I knew we were over.  A lifelong friend and here we were, ending…

  • Mama Bear

    “I went into Mama Bear mode,” I wrote in my letter.  “I just couldn’t help myself.”   When I heard the floor creaking in the hallway, I quickly folded up my letter and tucked it into my purse.  If my husband saw a crumpled piece of paper, I knew he would start asking questions.  I always thought I was…