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Author Archives: Chico’s Mom
Winter Season
Paper She put the paper down and took a deep breath, “I owe you an apology. I shouldn’t have engaged with your family a while ago. I just don’t deal well with his kind of people. I grew up dirt poor but my gram would have died before she would have let me go outContinue reading “Winter Season”
My Thankful Thursday is more like Testimony Tuesday.
Every day of my life I ask, “God is that you?” An e-mail comes in with something that sounds interesting. “God, is that you? Is this a direction you want me to take? Or is it Satan using even the most trivial of situations to cause me to loose faith in myself or worse looseContinue reading “My Thankful Thursday is more like Testimony Tuesday.”
The USS Scorpion
Simon woke shivering. This wasn’t an uncommon thing. He had been homeless for 20 years now. 20 years since his dad had passed away. There was so much debt; the banks took everything. It was in that moment Simon decided to become a beach bum. He walked the hundreds of miles to the nearest beach.Continue reading “The USS Scorpion”
I just want to play
What does it mean to be a kid at heart? “Do you want to build a snowman?” Yes! Juvenile ~ Would you like to woller in a pile of leaves? Yes! Childish ~ Is there a child inside you dying to come out and play? Yes! Immature ~ Sometimes do you want to cry orContinue reading “I just want to play”
Winter Season
Talk “Understood.” He smiled a real smile this time, throwing her coat over his shoulder; then holding up his hands in a show of defeat. Oscar had turned out to be the perfect gentleman, so far. Esther lay in his warm cozy guest room. She admitted to herself it beat the fire out of aContinue reading “Winter Season”
Wishes
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? My father in heaven… No. ~ Star light. Star bright. No! ~ Abracadabra! No! – The man in the moon? No! ~ Mirror, mirror on the wall? No! ~ Where’s that frog? Eew,no! ~ A shooting star? No! ~ Throw a coin into aContinue reading “Wishes”
Waste Not. Want not: Scary cheap
Happy Halloween It’s hard not to get pulled into the fun that is Halloween. People spend a lot of money on Halloween costumes. Not this cheapskate. This costume cost me $2.00 because I had most of it. I bought batteries for the raven on my shoulder. Only used 2 out of the pack. And theContinue reading “Waste Not. Want not: Scary cheap”
Wisdom according to Thumper
Describe a family member.
Winter Season
Country vs city? Please be advised ADULT LANGUAGE! “No, we’s not. We’s chosen to be uneducated, unpolished, poor white trash. I don’t care how country you are or how poor you are. You can use home spun English and still sound like you have sense. You can be poor as dirt and be clean andContinue reading “Winter Season”
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