Author Archives: CarolB

The clock kept ticking…Sally was well aware of the  the click, click, clicking sound that never seemed to stop.  But she wanted time to stop….to stop or to reverse to better days. Sally remembered when she said good bye to … Continue reading →

Two retired teachers sat on opposite sides of the state from each other and wondered what had happened to a former student who shared a name with a hurricane. The news on the T.V. brought back many memories of a … Continue reading →

About two weeks before Christmas, when I was ten years old, I did the unthinkable and I brought my little sister into the secret. Growing up, my family lived on the South Shore Railroad line in a northern Indiana town, … Continue reading →

Up and down the hills we go, with other colorful shirts in tow. The asphalt is hot under my wheels but oh, just listen to those squeals. Up an eleven percent grade and down, as we ride into a midwest … Continue reading →

Anticipation … or was it just waiting to leave? Teddy Wheeler was ready for a new life, however his parents relied on him to help run the family ranch.  It wasn’t that he wanted to leave the family, it was … Continue reading →

The knock of jealousy came knocking at his door, only to be ignored. He didn’t want to shake hands with his neighbor. He knew his neighbor would be back, but with a stronger consequence. He knew the neighbor all too … Continue reading →