“I see what you mean.” Mike gulped as he observed his uncanny reflection. “I wouldn’t mind if Mum wore make-up but she doesn’t… so why is she insisting that I should?” “I guess only your mum can answer that.” Charlie replied. His own mother is quite old fashioned in the sense that she occasionally wears […]

Over the following evenings, Billy spent his free time working on Alice’s name plaque when he wasn’t bawling his eyes out and thinking of his father. He more or less copied the one she’d made him, picking out her name in ornate pink letters and adding a floral surround. In spite of his new found […]

Bertha kicked me hard in the hip before helping me back up. “You’re a dumb ass!” she said and then hugged me. “Sorry man!” I said extending a hand to Fish who was still on the ground. He slapped it away and acted as if he was still mad at me. Fish got to his […]

I had never seen my grandfather look as old as he did when he walked into the house that night. The lines in his face seemed to have been etched deeper and his shoes scrapped the floor as he walked. His clothes were covered in soot and filth and there was a rip in his […]

I guess whatever was wrong with the car took a while to fix because as the day drew long and the sun started to drop; Mom, John and I were invited back to the scout’s area where tents had been pitched. We had been invited to join them for a big scout meal of Rock […]

My birthday was coming and my wife said she had a big surprise for me.  I was so excited and I couldn’t wait. The week of my birthday she told me to keep next weekend open and then asked if I could take Friday off.  I would have to check into that. Thursday night when I got […]

My face felt like it was burning I was so embarrassed. I heard mommy sniff and I knew that she knew. I expected her to say she was going to change me-or back out and tell me to go change myself-as soon as I had went, but instead she was completely silent. So I was […]

Jayne – “I cannot look after Jake for the last week of his potty training as we have inspectors coming into school and if he fails his potty mission then I won’t be able to come and stay while you are on holiday” Emily – “well I guess if he fails, he will have to […]

That makes a lot of sense. You do vaguely remember tape up nappies occasionally, but by the time you stop wearing them it was mostly pullups with mum or mama helping you step into them. You nod. “Okay,” you reply as you shuffle back slightly and lie down. There’s some slight nervousness again as you […]

The 3 of us started playing with my blocks and were having a lot of fun just being babes without a care in the world. We saw some flashes of light and then turned around to see our Dads taking pictures of us. Our Moms were just cooing and saying how cute the 3 of […]