By the end of the following week, there were four further entries in my diary. I hated writing them down but my mother seemed to enjoy reading them. I was tempted to write nothing and claim that my strange dreams had stopped, but on the one hand I knew that my mother wouldn’t believe me, […]

The days and nights passed and my weird dreams continued. Not every night but I’d have three or four out of seven. Writing the details down in my dream diary became a habit and my descriptions gradually became more and more eloquent. My mother particularly enjoyed reading one in which I’d been chosen as one […]

Sylvia Fletcher was a hard-working, successful entrepreneur. For the past fifteen years, she had worked hard to build her women’s sportswear business from a fledgling internet-based business into the corporate empire it was today. She had had almost no time to herself as she flew from convention to business meeting to factory inspection, never stopping […]

Sylvia went back upstairs and treated herself to a leisurely lie-in. She saw that it was only nine, and after a long shower in the en suite bathroom, it was still not even ten. She was just about to get dressed when she heard a knock at her bedroom door. “Yes?” “Your Breakfast, Mistress,” said […]

“Dinner is ready Mistress. Is everything to your satisfaction?” asked Pam, pulling out a chair for her Mistress. “Pam, this looks wonderful! I just wonder…isn’t it…rather a lot?” Pam smiled sweetly. “Not at all! You’ve had a long day, and you’re tired. When you’ve worked hard, you shouldn’t worry about enjoying good food, and plenty […]

Pam bowed and headed upstairs. Sylvia simply sat at her empty table, feeling adrift. What was happening? Her life had purpose and direction a week ago. She had had a goal and was striving toward it with strength and determination. Now, having achieved the wealth and success she had craved for so long, she felt […]

As Pam sang, Sylvia could almost feel her gentle hands running across her brain, scrubbing away all her anxieties and fears. She felt lighter and freer than she ever had before. She felt truly clean. The world melted together, and time became meaningless. She was dimly aware of wonderful sweetness in her mouth, and then […]

It’s true that I had become accustomed to drama in my family. My father was loud and mean, especially when he was drunk, which was most evenings and every weekend. He would back my poor mother into a corner of the kitchen and berate her, towering over her in that threatening way that I knew […]

She and Grandma showed me how to brush in long graceful movements, starting at the ends and moving toward her scalp, smoothing with my fingers after each stroke. They had me count to 100 for each section of her hair – 500 strokes in all. In the end, her hair shone like nothing I had […]

As the weeks went by, Mommy began to show a little. One morning, after I had finished brushing her hair, she made me change places with her and started brushing my hair while she talked. It felt so good. “Sweetie, I promised you that I would let you know how it feels to be having […]