“What about this one?” Samantha pointed to a bright fuchsia dress with thick straps that wrapped over the front, with an uneven hem. 1-2-3-4—15 seconds later, Samantha still heard no response. She turned her head in the opposite direction to face Madeleine and noted her gapped mouth, matching her wide-set stare. “What. What is it? You don’t like it?” rolledContinue reading “Life Passages XXII – It Runs Deep”
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Life Passages XXI – The Inevitable
“Um, thanks Mads…ah,thanks for agreeing to move the conversation outside the coffe shop. You know with Sam dropping in like that and all.” Devon displayed a wide, but nervous grin as he looked across at Madeleine sitting next to him on the bench at their familiar spot in the park. “This way, no more distractions, right?” His smile managed the impossibleContinue reading “Life Passages XXI – The Inevitable”
Life Passages XX – Meeting Of The Minds
The coffee shop door squeaked opened. Sunshine filled the room and ushered Madeleine in. She was adorned in a knee-length blue and white horizontally stripped sun dress. Her hands visibly trembled but she managed a half-smile. Devon jumped to his feet with an enormous grin. Madeleine spoke first with a bashful smile. “Hello”. Devon extended his arms straight into the air. “Hi Mads. You’re here…finally.” He steppedContinue reading “Life Passages XX – Meeting Of The Minds”
Life Passages XIX – Settlement
Devon spotted Madeleine right away. He broke into a sprightly jog across the school front yard. He was oblivious to the people lounging on the grass. He skipped over them with ease and made a bee line to Madeleine. She didn’t see, nor hear him approaching. Madeleine wore huge pink and white headphones that sat on top of her head with a cord that ran into the side pocket of herContinue reading “Life Passages XIX – Settlement”
Life Passages XVIII-Pensive
Devon scratched the edge of his dark wooly hairline nervously. He used his hip to prop himself up against his grandfather’s quaint store’s wooden checkout counter. A few faint lines drew across his forehead and his stomach fluttered slightly. There was no mistaking his discomfort. “What’s up with you?” Solomon stood observing his grandson from the doorwayContinue reading “Life Passages XVIII-Pensive”
Life Passages XVII-Knowing Her Own Heart
“No, no, no. God, No!” Madeleine sits at the edge of her bed hiding from her parents, the world, and most certainly, Devon. “God, I don’t need this right now.” She whispers, trying to keep her argument with God private. “Do I…Did I feel…What the heck was that?” Madeleine covers her mouth with both hands, startledContinue reading “Life Passages XVII-Knowing Her Own Heart”
Life Passages XVI – A New Feeling
Madeleine can’t help herself. She knows that it is impolite to stare. Even down right creepy if its overt. Still, she uncontrollably gazes at all the teens, and young adults laughing, chewing at pizza slices and taking turns at sharing one funny story after the other. Everyone had been extremely cordial, and welcoming toward her. QuiteContinue reading “Life Passages XVI – A New Feeling”
Life Passages XII – Revelation
Madeleine wonders aimlessly through the halls of her high school. She thought she had finally met someone who is more like herself, and unlike the “fake friends” she’d made previously. Yet Devon appears to be another disappointment…a HUGE disappointment. Well, at least according to Madeleine’s current estimation. Devon stands at the other end of the longContinue reading “Life Passages XII – Revelation”
Life Passages VI – The Confrontation
“I don’t know what I was thinking?” Madeleine admits to her father; Robert while riding with him, in his car. “I think I know.” Robert calmly replies. “Dad, I know…I know! Can I not get a major speech this second?” Madeleine tells her father in a frustrated tone. “A Speech?..Who said anything about a speech?”Continue reading “Life Passages VI – The Confrontation”
Life does Suck…But There Is Hope
I was inspired to pen some short verses following the first installment of the series, Life Sucks at The Bridge DC on April 7th. I then decided I would post it here for all to see, particularly in light of the recent unfortunate events in Boston. Life does Suck sometimes, and it just does notContinue reading “Life does Suck…But There Is Hope”
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