I know you are going to hate me when you hear this, and honestly I do not blame you at all because I was the main one laughing at Arthur …
The Mismatched Socks And The Pediatric Doctor Who Saved Arthur’s Daughter From The Brink Read More
The flour dust was still settled in the grain of the wooden kitchen table when the wall clock in the hallway clicked over to 7:14 PM. My hands were red …
The Double Chocolate Birthday Cake And The Eighteen Years Of Silence That Cost Me Dale Read More
Flight 1409 out of Denver was thirty minutes into rough air when my chest decided to stop working right. I had my knees pulled up as high as the economy …
The Seat 12B Handhold That Cost Me My Last Excuse To Stay Alone Read More
My name is Arthur Pendelton, and I spent forty-two years fixing diesel motors down at the parish dock in Dulac, Louisiana, where the salt air rots through a galvanized bolt …
The Broken Grandfather Clock That Stopped at 3:47 And Held My Whole Life Inside Its Case Read More
The green mailbox at the end of Marvin’s gravel drive had a rusted latch that clicked twice every time he shut it, and I could hear that little metal snap …
The Crayon Letters In Marvin’s Empty Mailbox That Cost Me Three Years Of Keeping Quiet Read More
I know you are going to hate me when you hear this, and honestly I do not blame you at all because my own brother would not even look me …
The Pawn Shop Receipt And The Stolen Necklace That Cost Me My Last Honest Customer Read More
The bus floor had that old familiar smell of diesel fuel and damp carpet that had not changed since I was riding back and forth to vocational school in nineteen-ninety. …
The Twenty-Eight Dollar Bus Station Umbrella That Cost Me My Pride And Found Its Real Owner Read More
My thumb was resting against the cold plastic buckle of my back brace when the mortgage broker slid the certified copy across his mahogany desk. The gray staples in my …
The Nine Hour Spine Surgery That Cost Me My House And The Husband Who Signed It Away Read More
I know you are going to hate me when you hear this, and honestly, I do not blame you at all because my own brother would not even look me …
Why I Let a Ten Thousand Dollar Fish Swim Back Into the Holston River After Fifty Years of Catching Nothing Read More
I was wrong about what kind of house could hold a life, and I admit it right here because ignoring the truth for three years is something I have to …
The Lost Earring Under My Ridgecrest Floorboard That Led Me Straight To The Man Who Used To Live Here Read More