fact or fiction
Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about our family dynamics, traditions, and if there's such thing as a 'perfect family.'
The Summer of Adam
Some people are fated to stay together and live happily ever after. Sometimes, the flame of romance extinguishes itself before it ever has the chance to grow into a roaring blaze. In some cases two people fall in love, start a family and then start to resent one another, and sometimes those people for the sake of their children will stay together past the boiling point. When that happens, everyone gets hurt.
By Jarad Mann5 years ago in Families
A Mother's Heart
It would be such a shame to let the heart-shaped locket laced perfectly down her collar bone go to waste, the soldier thought. This night in particular the sky bled after a never-ending draught consuming southern Somalia. Lightning, accompanying the storm, echoed off the roofs of the village and seemed to catch the shine extra bright from her locket and the two tears escaping only her right eye.
By Morgan Harris5 years ago in Families
The Heart Heals
She stood there. Just stood there. As the air came back into her lungs, she became aware enough to look around at the scene she couldn’t have imagined. Slowly, it seemed, her mind began to react. Seconds had been minutes, hours… Slowly, reality set in. She knew she had to move, although she hadn’t tested her legs; she had felt locked in place during the melee. Whatever the source, it had dissipated, at least temporarily, and caused mass confusion among the people running and screaming, going nowhere and fighting each other in place of the ghosts left behind by the, the… what was that anyway? Emma closed her eyes and sat on a crumpled bench. “I’m not crazy. What I just witnessed was amazing and terrifying…” She opened her eyes as a crying child wandered into her small personal space. “Hi! Are you okay? You can wait here with me until your parents find you.”
By Janna Bruns5 years ago in Families
Unconditional Love
There once lived a little girl whose smile lit up any room she wandered into. People often forgot her name and referred to her as the girl with the smile. She carried this title with great pride, often wondering “why doesn’t everyone smile like I do?” Seeing how her simple smile made such an impact on those who met her gave her a sense of purpose in this world. It was not until one day she experienced such great sadness that her smile was lost on waves of darkness as gloom grew over her like a cloak of dread.
By Kenzie Lea 5 years ago in Families
Alone and Dying in a Once Glorious Land
Old Man Westport sits in the median of a busy intersection. In this heat, it’s virtually a suicide attempt. I recall my father, years ago, lamenting that old Westport had to sell the lakehouse his parents had left him, and what a shame that had been. I trudge across the parking lot into the Permaserve. The only grocers left within ten miles of this neighborhood. The shelves are half empty. You can tell everyone knows there’s a food shortage; they know enough to avoid talking about it out loud. After the gas panic last year, that kind of talk would be irresponsible.
By Jesus Torres5 years ago in Families
