My mother sat down, clasped her hands under her chin casting her penetrating eyes on me and asked, “Whose is this?”
Suddenly, my face and ears had a temperature of their own. Hot. Fear and guilt gripped me tighter than bark on a tree. “Rob’s,” I said.
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The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste!
Twenty-two-year-old Jesse, a college student, sent this text to his mother while he was in class. “I’m learning that I’m a girl if I feel like it, and mothers and fathes are no longer relevent, and if things don’t go the way I want them to, it’s because I’m oppressed. Yay college.”
A Whisper of Deception
…take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out.” Numbers 32:23 The house seemed to hide appropriately behind several trees. The old tire swing that dangled from a fraying rope was, like childhood innocence, long ago abandoned. A quick rap on the door signaled Annie that her friend made it without being seen. Annie opened the door and pulled Paisley inside. “Do you have the letter?” she asked. Paisley whipped out the ruled piece of paper with her mother’s handwriting on it. “Right here! Are you sure your folks won’t be home?” Read More