| Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:00:19 +0000 CAROLINA SLADE- GUMSHOE MOMMA Carolina Slade – Gumshoe Momma By C. Hope Clark The main character of A Lowcountry Bribe is Carolina Slade, a lady near and dear to my heart. I named her after doing genealogy research on the Mississippi side of my family. She’s a compilation of folks I’ve admired in my life, from the white [...] |
| Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:27 +0000 THE POWER OF LOVE The Power Of Love Lindi here. And I’m one of those people who believe in love at first sight. I believe in the power love has to change circumstances and lives. I believe if we are loved well, we will love well. So yes, Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite days. And it [...] |
| Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:22 +0000 MY SHAYGETZ (part 5/5) My father comes up for a visit. My mother is in Israel visiting with my brother. The summer is halfway over, and I don’t want it to ever end. My father looked uncared for. He is lost without my mother. I immediately feel guilty that I’m not home to take care of him, but he [...] |
| Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:07 +0000 PRECIOUS LOVE Precious Love By Bo Sebastian A good friend’s cousin died this morning. I called him just after he got the news. I could hear the tears in my friend’s eyes. My heart felt heavy for him. He tried to be strong. The family was coming, and there was so much to do to get ready [...] |
| Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:13 +0000 CAN LOVE BE PENDING? Can Love be Pending? By Bo Sebastian Is Love something that is ever pending? I have a friend who recently said, “love you,” soon after we met. A knee-jerk reaction made me respond with the like. As a friend, I didn’t think much of it. At church, we tend to say we love each other [...] |
| Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:06 +0000 MY SHAYGETZ (part 4/5) I know we are being watched. Wherever I turn, there are critical eyes, expressions full of judgment. The hardest part of that for me is that I understand. After all, Frankie is a shaygetz. Jewish girls know those boys are nothing but trouble. We know to stay away from them. They only want one thing. [...] |
| Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:04 +0000 THE UNROMANTIC QUEEN The UnRomantic Queen By: Kathryn Magendie Once upon a time, in a land up high, there lived a Queen who walked about the mountain land in a daze of her inner wonderland. One day very close to Valentines Day, or as the Queen called it, “That stupid day where people pretend to be romantic, [...] |
