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HALF way through second semester of my final year, I received a frantic call from my father. Amma was admitted and the doctors were not convinced. Due to her diabetes, both her kidneys had failed and her lungs were filled with water. The doctors said they‘d Continue reading Amma – My Mother : Part III
Continue reading Amma – My Mother : Part II Amma – My Mother It isn’t the longest ride of my life, but it’s the hardest. Everyone’s against me doing this, including my boyfriend. I’ve told him and others that I have to make this journey in order to proceed with the next stage of my life – that of a married life. I have to Continue reading Amma – My Mother May 2nd 1929 “Jimmy…wake up, son, we have to go.” Jimmy groaned in his sleep and turned away from the over familiar voice. Why would Father wake him up in the middle of the night? “Jimmy, wake up,” Father’s voice became sterner but not louder, it still came out a whisper. Jimmy felt his body being Continue reading Jimmy’s Journey to Hollyburn – A book excerpt The Stars
Editors’ Choice Award Finally, finally the stars match! The sound of crisp snow crunching under my Sorrel boots is the only one that fills the air. I walk with my hands in my pocket, all hunched up against the cold. But it doesn’t help. The cold still creeps into my skin and my face feels Continue reading The Stars “It is human to have a long childhood; it is civilized to have an even longer childhood. Long childhood makes a technical and mental virtuoso out of man, but it also leaves a lifelong residue of emotional immaturity in him.” Eric Erickson (1902-1994) The sharp wire of the spring jabbed him on his behind through the Continue reading Can You Cook, Clean and Sew?
Editors’ Choice Award ‘And Jack heard the loudest, thundering sound ever…, followed by an earth shaking, ground moving noise. Jack was sure there was an earthquake when he saw the biggest…’ Joseph shut the book with a thump and let out a big sigh as he pushed it under his desk’s drawers. He couldn’t understand his Continue reading Children’s story The backpack strapped on her back, felt heavy. She felt weighed down. She was tempted to just swing it by the side of the road, and leave it there. But what would she do with the real burden? The one that held her down, that rendered her mute, that forced her blind, and the Continue reading Burden |
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