Category Archives: Short Story

Lord here I am! Can’t you see me! Look I’m here, can’t you see me? I’m looking at you! Help Lord, I need your help, and NOW!!!!!!!! This is what I heard a student proclaim. He had apparently read a book but forgot what it said in regard to the question he was faced withContinue reading “Are you stumped?”

The receiving of a beautiful, desired necklace and an article by Mary Cothers, led by the Holy Spirit, inspired these metaphoric thought. What is Salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ like? I will tell you what it is like to me. It is like a lovely pendant, hung about the neck, the Centerpiece rot ehContinue reading “The Necklace of Emeralds and Diamonds”

Please enjoy the quilt my grandmother, Alice Furlough, made for me. I remember a story she told me about my cousin, Frankie. When Frankie was just a little boy, he wanted to quilt, like her. She told me that she fixed him a place near her, and a needle with thread, and handed it toContinue reading “A Needle in Time”

This story is dedicated to my mother and all those who are artist of the needle. We so enjoy your wonderful talent and applaud you. Hettie Ruby grew up in the lean years of this country, right after the Great Depression. When she was little, her mother dressed her in long brown dresses, brown stockings,Continue reading “Artist of the Needle”

I wrote this story for a friend of mine about ten years ago. I hope you can identify with the story in some way. She didn’t recognize the gift that she held in her hands. What a magnificent gift it is. Do you have a gift that you don’t recognize. Read about Pam’s and askContinue reading “Caretaker Pam”

Dear Alec this is just for you. I changed the title a little. I hope you enjoy it as you and J.T. gave me the idea for writing it. Greet your mother for me. I hope all is well with her. Mrs. O In the suburbs of New Orleans on the Northshore sat a newlyContinue reading “In the Wink”

WHAT THEY HAVE DONE I DO IT’S RECORDED IN THE BOOK IT HAS DONE ME WELL TO READ AND HEED THEIR HISTORY AND LOOK THE SINS OF OTHERS’ BLESSED BY GOD WHO TRIP AND FALL IN TESTS AND TRIALS I READ ASTOUNDED BY GOLDEN CALVES AND SHRINK AT APOSTLES’ DENIALS

How does Love Look? Could it ever look like me? When Love looks in the mirror How does love see? Does Love look with eyes of Compassion? Does Love perceive with gentleness? Is Love a form of comliness Tall and stately righteousness How does Love look?

Securely tucked between two mountain ranges there was a slightly aging two story house which was not at all impressive. There was no running water and the only heat that was available to the family inside was a stovepipe running straight up the two stories. The pipe was hot so everyone knew well enough toContinue reading “What’s Inside Your Egg?”

Dedicated: in memory of my mother, Hettie Ruby Raynor On a tiny shelf sat the most beautiful ballerina. She had every hair swept up high and in place. She had a flawless complexion and the perfect ballerina pose. She was high on her toes, and the dance floor was hers to command. Her costume gaveContinue reading “The Ballerina”