Still there were times, as Jill whirled through her final preparations, when Emily stood watching her, wondering where the years had gone, wishing them back.
She’s my mother. I’m not sure you get the same kind of unconditional love in your life from anyone but a mother.
Não se preocupe com o topo. O certo é se preocupar com o degrau acima. Roma não foi feita em um dia.
Blaming the wine would have been taking the easy way out. Annie refused to do that. Rather, she buttoned her blouse with raggedy fingers and said, I was thinking of my husband. That’s the problem. I w...
Work vehicles and a lone motorcycle, her SUV had the road to itself, which meant she would get there faster. Indeed, the familiarity of turning onto Caroline’s street was a lifeline. Once she parked i...
Who will be calling her Mommy before long. She took a deep,
Tall, dark-haired guy
One of the worst things about electronic communication. Lacking facial expression, tone of voice, or context, words could be taken any number of ways. With only one cryptic word now, I was discouraged...
Wildness in animals is a curious thing to us humans. Isn’t that why people watch Animal Planet? Escape. Maybe that’s why we watch. Animal behavior is elemental. It takes us back to a simpler time.
Where was the Cloud when she needed it? Oh, it was there. Only she hadn’t bothered to sign on for backup.
Tom was not. Seems to me, he said, that she’s at her drawing board evenings more than she’s watching TV, and that you’re the one who uses the sitting room for
The only way to deal with old baggage was to open it up and sort through. How else to know what to keep and what to toss?
She turned the water on again, rinsed a dish, put it in the dishwasher. I know you didn’t have jewelry. She listened. Yes, Mother, other women would love what I have, but that’s not the point. The poi...
Sam snapped his fingers and crooked a finger his way. Get over here, Michael. This is your niece. Michael joined the group. His gait was slightly unsteady, though not because of any lingering effects...
Recalling Love Games, she returned to the present with a jolt and glanced at the set in time to find the show over for the day. She’d missed it!
Percodan. One every four hours for pain. P. Demery, M.D. So the directions read, and Ryan had no problem with them. What he did have problem with was the fact that the prescription was made out to an...
No mother loves her children the same. Each one is different.
He shook his head. For me. Leaving the bed, he went to the door, picked up the large picnic basket that the girls were holding, then closed the door, leaving them outside. Much as he had needed their...
Don’t touch, she cautioned as she had before. She pulled her mind back down. I’m fine.
Clear water sped over rocky clusters whose colors ran from ivories to mossy greens, blues and grays. Though clouds covered the sun, the sway of dappling evergreens gave the water sparkle.