Chico’s Mom

Winter Season

Please be advised: ADULT SITUATION! Coward? He came back into the kitchen, soaking wet. She couldn’t hide her shocked expression. He must have sat on the steps in order to have gotten wet. His frame cascaded into the floor putting his head in his hands. “Make it stop.” “Where do you want to start?” “IContinue reading “Winter Season”

Sun bathing

Winter Season

That decision Oscar stressed all the way home about how to handle this. He didn’t want a fight. On the other hand, he didn’t want her to not try. She was right; she hadn’t even got the job. He didn’t want her to resent him. He loved her so much. She had shot him aContinue reading “Winter Season”

Pigs in a poke

Winter Season

Please be advised: ADULT LANGUAGE! Black shadow Oscar was sitting at a picnic table outside eating his lunch. It had turned out to be a warm sunny fall day. He was working on his lesson plan as he ate very slowly the potato stroganoff that she’d made. It hadn’t bothered him when he ate itContinue reading “Winter Season”

Winter Season

Make it right The next Sunday, Oscar and Esther did go back to church. After the choir sang their songs, Brother James stood behind the pulpit with his suit coat unbuttoned and his left hand in his pocket. There was a hushed silence that fell over the congregation. “I had one of the ladies askContinue reading “Winter Season”

Nothing new

Winter Season

Pastor Randall About three o’clock the doorbell rang. Oscar opened the door to find the pastor standing on the other side. “Did my mother send you?” “Mr. Patterson.” He shuffled his feet. “No, I’m sure I don’t know your mother. Sister Sharon told me where I could find you.” He forced a smile. “I knockedContinue reading “Winter Season”

Testimony Tuesday on Wednesday

God’s lessons are all around us. We sometimes don’t know how to interpret what he’s saying. Or perhaps we know but we choose to look the other way. I know I do. Brush off an experience and say, ‘that’s not me’. There was a time in my life that I questioned how people could spendContinue reading “Testimony Tuesday on Wednesday”