Cheryl Snell Photo: Jaci Berkopec The ritual keeps us breathing from biopsy to biopsy. The lump out, or the whole breast; changing skylines of loss. In the early days, disaster trumped disease, but there was only so much to say about a car smashed on tracks, a honeymoon in a hurricane. At some point, I […]
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Signing Sympathy
23 April, 2009 от · 2 comments
Night Train to Lisbon
27 November, 2008 от · 2 comments
Eva Stelmach I sent my application form to the hospital in Lisbon, but I had no hope of approval. I was a medical student and I wanted to have my summer internship there. I knew this could be an unforgettable experience. It turned out that in June, I would spend 3 months in Portugal – […]
The Miracle of Myrtle
7 November, 2008 от · 2 comments
Donna Ison Photo: FranUlloa To read Chapter 1 click here CHAPTER 2 When Tancy Sloane heard the wobbly wail of the littlest Lawson, she flinched and gripped her grandmother’s hand tighter. The minute she’d heard that Clara Dean had gone into labor, she’d rushed to the hospital to be by Granny Pearl’s side. Not knowing […]
Last Day
13 October, 2008 от · 1 comment
David Snell Photo: A. www.viajar24h.com “Ronnie Lee?” Mentally, the boy winced at the name his mother still called him. He was 17, after all. He’d told his mother and father and sister and any one else who’d listen that he was now “Ron.” It was cool and simple, not buttoned-down like “Ronald,” his given name.
