The Best Christmas and New Year Celebration – Chapter 3

The Mutual Discovery Matt spoke again as he watched them putting the balls back in place. “If you guys have finished competing against each other we could go eat somewhere and I’ll pick up the tab. We have a lot to catch up with Andy.” Andy nodded enthusiastically and Janet smiled to herself after viewing his reaction to Matt’s sister. Her brother was not a … Continue reading The Best Christmas and New Year Celebration – Chapter 3

The Best Christmas and New Year Celebration – Chapter 2

Catching Up with the Past Roger and Miranda Sonter looked on happily as their two children wolfed down their mother’s famous pancake breakfast extravaganza. While they were now adults’ memories of their childhood were fresh in their parents’ memory as they’d grown up noisily in the home. It had been a quiet home since they both left but that was the way of the world. … Continue reading The Best Christmas and New Year Celebration – Chapter 2

The Best Christmas and New Year Celebration – Chapter 1

The Return of the Prodigal Miranda Sonter glanced at her laptop notification. She was in the middle of composing an email to her son Andy in Germany where he was presently stationed on rotation with his army unit. This was his first trip to Germany, and he was keeping his parents well informed of his delight in discoveries made there. On his leaves he’d spent … Continue reading The Best Christmas and New Year Celebration – Chapter 1

The Impractical Wish

Oliver sat in the coffee shop watching the world go by. The coffee had considerably cooled since it was delivered to his table and the cheesecake resting by its side was untouched. He was not really interested in these two items, waiting for him to reach out and consume them hastily before making a painful attempt to stand and shuffle off to the newsagent for … Continue reading The Impractical Wish