Writing

Balloons on a bumper

I have to stop their fatal mistake. “Check your colours,” I yell as I run, waving my arms frantically. They’re trying to use only cloud white balloons. “STOP.” I holler. “You need more colours.” I blow out the breath I was holding and turn toward the balloon stand, grabbing two blue and two yellow to… Continue reading Balloons on a bumper

Parenting & Other Life Stories

Anticipate

Google defines anticipate as “regard as probable; expect or predict” retrieved November 1, 2019. Anticipate They bumped and rumbled over the runway. She imagined the tiny wheels getting smaller and smaller, worn away by the rough asphalt. Silly she knew but having never flown before it was easy to imagine things as very different then… Continue reading Anticipate