sneak peek Gabby deserved everything that she had coming to her. In the good sense, not the vengeful god way. No, she was a good person, loved animals, even though her stupid landlord wouldn’t let them keep dogs, she did have her cats. Plus, she loved old people, like a…

Fears for your children — do they ever leave you as a parent? My child-rearing days are behind me. My children have children and I relish my role as Granma (the ‘d’ is silent and invisible). Everyone is happy, healthy, and thriving. They are all doing well. But, last night…

I am a loving mom, most of the time. But, when mealtime rolls around I hate my kids (this is anonymous, right?). I hate that I have to…

Reed screamed and slammed the top shut on his secret box. The rollie-pollie made a scritching sound that made him hide behind his hands. “Reed!” “Huh?” “What are you doing?” “Nah, nothing!” “Don’t make me come up there!” Reed wiped hot tears from his eyes. He was scared and he…

Hope couldn’t afford to be seen, so she stood still. She didn’t want Dane to spy her watching him. But he was so nice to watch. Hope would never have guessed that her grumpy upstairs neighbor had muscles let alone so any of them. She snagged her bottom lip with…

He laughed as the rollie-pollie ran from his hand to his arm. “It tickles,” he said to his brother. His brother, all business said, “Stop playing around Reed, don’t you want to get ice cream?” …