Tag: short story

I never wanted to leave the park once we got there.  There were so many things and people to see, how could anyone ever get bored?  My brother always wanted to stay home and play video games with my dad, but I was always after going to the park with my mom.  My brother never…

My grandma always told me to ‘move forward in hope’ and I am just now figuring out what she means.  It only took me thirty years and her death to realize I could apply hope to my life.  That I needed to apply hope to my life.  Until my grandmother’s peaceful passing, I had always…

“He was my ex – he IS my ex.  But I definitely never said that about him and that didn’t ever happen.  Don’t you think I would have told you?  Have you ever even heard me talk about having a drug problem in my past?  Sam, I have only ever smoked marijuana twice in my life so.”  I thought…

I did know that Maryanne was having problems with her money, but the less she talked about it, the less I remembered to ask if everything was okay.  After a few weeks of her acting like everything was normal and continuing on with our regular eating out, I allowed myself to pretend like everything was fine.    Then came the excuses, the lies and…

My brother has always been obsessed with fire.  My parents finally learned they could never have any candles in the house, but I’m not sure what took them so long.  Michael always took them and burned them immediately in the house or would hide them so he could take them on his next ‘camping’ trip.  He was too obsessed with…

I never knew which doors in the house were going to be closed and why they were closed.  When I visited Kyle’s house, all the doors were open except for when someone was using the bathroom, changing clothes or sleeping.  Other than that, all the rooms were fair game.  Kyle’s house had such a different vibe than mine…

“Look at the stars,” I whispered to my sister.  “The stars are the gateway to another world that is never the same for anyone.  They are constantly moving and changing so they are different but the same at the same time.”  “That doesn’t make any sense,” she whispered back as she pulled her blanket to her chin.  …

“Nature never lies,” I wrote in my journal.  “Humans are the only liars I have ever encountered.  The cruelest of beasts as well as the laziest.”  I never got tired of being outside, of simply going for a walk or sitting in the sun.  I have never understood my friends who don’t go outside except for to get to and…

“Sweet breeze,” Tyler said as he backed his Jeep out of the driveway.  He looked to the passenger seat when no one answered.  He cringed as he realized no one would answer.  Jessica was no longer sitting in the passenger seat ready for another adventure.    I watched Tyler’s Jeep drive slowly away and wondered when he would ever get over…

Mitchell came to me in my sleep as he often did these days.  He talked and acted like everything was normal just like he had the days and weeks before his death.  Some days I woke up and turned over with his name on the end of my tongue because I knew he had to be there.  Other days…