Contemporary Stories

Linked short stories about the family’s second generation, Carrie and Jonathan – taking place 2005-25

  • Soul Places

    We do what we have to do – every day.

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    2 minutes
  • A Question of Time

    Sometimes saving a family means doing things that’ll tear them apart.

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    5 minutes
  • If Gifts Were Horses

    Why would you refuse something that could really make a difference in your life?

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    1 minute
  • A Fighting Song

    What’s the deal with obsessing about relationships that ended 20 years ago?!

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    5 minutes
  • Facing the Tide

    Even if you are married with children creativity is still your friend.

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    3 minutes
  • Of Mice and Men

    Everything is politics.

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    6 minutes
  • Unbreaking My Heart

    The place where I lay aside my losses.

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    6 minutes
  • Waiting for the Update

    It’s never what you really need, is it?

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    1 minute
  • Losing Your Place on Earth

    Guns don’t kill people. But why do people then use guns?

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    3 minutes
  • The Cold Has A Voice

    Sometimes the dead are more alive to us than many of the living

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    Taking place:

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    8 minutes
  • Things Worth Fighting For

    Special needs parents don’t plan vacations – they plan sacrifices.

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    9 minutes
  • The Voyage

    The older you get the faster time feels like it is running out. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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    Taking place:

    Reading time:

    7 minutes

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