Category: Romance

Huge waves were sweeping over the sides of his sailboat and buffeting the boat back and forth. At times he felt like he was in a toy sailboat in the bathtub of a rambunctious toddler. Before the storm hit, he buttoned up the cabin, dropped his sails and knew he could survive the storm. Then his engine quit and while […]

I stepped down off the bus, and waited patiently until it was my turn to pull my backpack out from the cramped and grimy luggage hold. The crisp, cold air, the accents, and the smell of diesel brought back many memories of my childhood. I checked the details of my booking on my phone, and found the map to my […]

“Glad you’re doing so well, Mom. What’s that?” I didn’t particularly like it when my mother called me at work, but she was sharp enough to know that was the best time to get me. I usually didn’t pick up my cell, letting it go to voicemail, then deciding when or whether I wanted to respond. Maybe a little selfish, […]

I have a twenty year old daughter named Lisa, who left for college two long years ago. She really didn’t want to leave, but it was better for her, so I encouraged her to pursue her dream to help others. She is studying to be a veterinary surgeon, but still loves to come back home for all of her breaks, […]

“Ohhh,” Amy teased as Rebecca got ready for her movie night with Ashton. They’d been best friends since middle school and went to the same college to stay close to each other. Now, every Friday night, instead of getting drunk and partaking in the pill bowls and other nonsense of college life, Ashton and Rebbeca had started watching movies together. […]

The early summer air was warm and the wind was faint but noticeable as I walked toward the door. I was the only one graduating from university out of my friend group this year and soon I would be off to grad school. My friends and profs decided to have one last get-together before I left, and I couldn’t have […]

Anna failed to recognise the number on the screen. At least it had not been ‘withheld’. ‘Hello?’ she answered cautiously, but in a friendly tone. It could so easily be a business call. ‘Anna?’ a male’s voice said brightly. There was the low rumble of traffic noise in the background. ‘Yes…who is it?’ She heard a moment’s pause; the traffic […]

When I was first at University I wasn’t the hardest working student in my year. Far from it. But I was and still am very bright. In the first year I hated going to lectures because they were always held in the mornings between 9am and 12pm and I rarely got up before 11 in the morning anyway. I read […]

I needed to escape. I needed to get out of the house. Things had been so hard lately and I couldn’t take the restrictions that had been put in place anymore. I needed fresh air, no walls surrounding me. I got in the car and drove. I didn’t know where I was going, I just needed out. When I finally […]

It was her 30th birthday. I watched from across the room. She was magnificent. Her curly, dark copper hair was gathered up and pinned at the back. She was wearing a deep wine coloured, v-neck dress with long sleeves that sat just off her freckle dusted shoulders. It was nearing the end of the night. Most of the party-goers had […]