Tag: family

  • You Are Home

    You Are Home

    Gravel crunched under the tires. The sound of home on Cape Cod. Amy came to a stop at the back of the house and cut the engine. She looked out of the bug-spattered windshield at the neglected house looming before her. Weeds poked through the drive. She glimpsed more weeds from the rear view mirror;…

  • Troy

    Troy

    ‘I’ll get it, Mom,’ Dex called out as he loped down the stairs. ‘If it’s Grandpa send him out to the backyard to keep an eye on the barbecue,’ his mother called back from the kitchen. ‘I said I’d do the barbecue.’ ‘I don’t want you doing anything on your last day here.’ Dex opened…

  • Heritage

    Heritage

    This is a poem written by my grandmother, Brigid Valerie Rever (nee Hanley) – or just plain, Val. She was from Ireland and met my grandfather, an American, during WWII when she was a nurse in England. She moved to America after she had my father (born in England). I never really knew my paternal…

  • Reluctance

    The tires of his rental crunched over the snow packed driveway of his parents’ house. Jay glanced at the clock on the dashboard. It was just after 6.30am. He cut the engine and looked out the windshield for a few minutes not quite believing he was there. The sky was a leaden gray, heavy with…