Ss competition Stories

“Martin! Hurry up! You'll be late for school! And you too, Jeannie! What are you doing? You'll miss the bus!” Sally shouted up the stairs. On the stove, the kettle whistled loudly. A voice from the landing yelled back. “Sally! Where's my shirt? Have you ironed it?” “Use your eyes, Bill!” she answered, equally loudly, trying to make herself heard above all the noise. Moments later, her thirteen-year-old daughter appeared a...

The door frame propped up Momma, and she watched her little girl kneel beside the bed. Tiny fingers steepled as she prayed, “Dear Santa. Hi, it’s me, Lulu Mae. Some don’t believe, but I know you’re real. I think I’ve been mostly good this year, so I’m asking you to fix the uglies Momma gets upset about. Amen.” She jumped up and then crinkled her face in thought before abruptly plopping back down to her knees. Squeezing he...

“Boy oh boy, it’s a hot one,” my wife exclaimed as she gave the sweating pitcher one last swirl before pouring each of us a glass. Exhausted and relieved, I sipped my iced tea while slowly rocking in the hammock of our screened porch. I savored my reward while my dog and I watched the movers close the back of their truck before driving away. Knuckles then curled up beneath me and fell asleep. This was me honoring our agre...