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Weekly Contest #44
Mary threw her clipboard onto the passenger seat and slid behind the wheel. I watched from the front porch as the silver Buick crept down the gravel drive to the street. I meandered back inside my house. The only home that my fourteen-month-old son had ever known. I had always been aware that this was a possibility, even though the social worker said it was not likely. Today, however, she informed me that this probability was now my painful reality. They were taking away my boy. My dreams of adoption were void. Once inside. I leaned ...
Weekly Contest #42
Kathy was a joy to be around. Her smile was large and contagious. Even though she wasn’t the beauty queen type, she had that charming, girl next door look that drew teen boys from all over town to our house. A father’s nightmare. I’ve known for years this time was coming but I’m still not keen on sharing my little girl’s affection with boys. I know what those boys are thinking. Afterall, I was a boy once too. But I digress. There is not a rebellious bone in Kathy’s body. That’s why I didn’t understand why my wife was making such a federal ca...
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