“My brother’s an orthopedic surgeon.” I said. “What’s his name?” “Aidan Sullivan. He works up in Boston.” “Boston General?” “Yes, do you know him?” “Only by reputation. You’ll be in good hands if he looks after you Kevin. Let me have his number and I’ll fill him in.” “Well that’s a relief,” said Terri. “Now […]

Sally pointed at the floor beneath her feet. Pulling another Pull-Up out of the bag of 24, Sally walked over and sat on the bed, holding it out for her daughter to step in. As Jordan complied, Sally couldn’t help notice the odd juxtaposition this situation created: a baby garment combined side by side with […]

Sitting on the couch was this woman he had never seen before with a kid on the floor in front of her playing with Franky’s Little People’s garage. “Franky, this is Jan and her son Milton.” “Franky kept his eyes on Milton. He was playing with Franky’s toys. There was something about Milton that Franky […]

Once the lid was closed, the individual bundle was pushed through the top to join the other diapers that had coiled themselves inside the storage area of the bottom of the pail like a long string of thick old fashioned hot dogs. Each disposable diaper was safely contained in it’s own section of the long […]

Daniel enters the kitchen and looks out through the window, he isn’t sure why, because he already saw her driving away, but he is making doubly sure that Donna has gone. He picks up a dining chair from the kitchen table and carries it back upstairs with him and places it on the landing. He […]

Carrie sighed. “Maybe,” she said. “I dunno.” “You want to at least tell me what’s going on?” She shook her head. “Fine. I’m sure I’ll be able to get it from them…” “I was with a boy,” she explained. “My friend Chris….” “…And Mom caught you?” “We weren’t even doing anything!” Carrie protested, sounding more […]

After a thankfully uneventful drive home, he once more dropped off his bag and locked his front door before immediately proceeding into his bathroom to shower and clean himself off. There goes another roll of toilet paper… God this is disgusting, I’m really hoping those baby wipes are going to be more effective. Hell, am […]

Thomas felt that she wouldn’t understand how it felt to be the only child in the neighborhood. His sense of desolation was compounded by the fact that he still retained his adult brain and outlook. He felt like he occupied some interstitial temporal continuum where the normal rules of time and space had been suspended […]

Deedee crawled over to Ron and poked him in the tummy with her fingertip. He was sound asleep and didn’t noticed. “This calls for drastic measures!”, she thought to herself and crept over to his feet. Then she sat on the mat at his feet and splayed her legs on either side of his so […]

I shrugged. “I woke up before my alarm rang and couldn’t get back to sleep.” “Well come down for breakfast. Carlos is going to be surprised when I ask him to put out another plate for you at breakfast.” I went ahead of her out the door and felt at tap at my butt. “You […]