Tag Archives: handmade

Susan gets a grip

Posted on October 16, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

Susan was stunned to have met her mother. After all these years! And it turned out she knew her mother and found her abrasive. Susan put her mind to a clean-out and tried to understand. She scrubbed furiously. Vesta was her mother. … Continue reading →

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Velma organizes it all

Posted on October 10, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

        Velma had had enough drama.     Time to get back to the library.             Where all questions had answers.   All things had a place.       She would … Continue reading →

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Vesta meets her daughter

Posted on October 4, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

      Vesta stared out the window.                   Susan made tea in the little kitchen. It was so uncomfortable.   The baby woke up. “My God, I have a grandchild!” Vesta … Continue reading →

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Susan prepares

Posted on September 19, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

      The table was set. She’d said she had some news.   Susan looked for Velma.     The baby crawled in the grass nearby.             After this picnic everything would be changed. … Continue reading →

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Velma blushes

Posted on September 12, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

Sweet friend had decorated. “I don’t know when your birthday is!” She handed Velma a gift. Velma opened it hotfaced. “You taught me that a woman’s home is her castle.” Tears. Smiles. Hugs.

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Scarlett and the boy

Posted on August 28, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

He was very good to her. It was his birthday.                 She got her gifts together and tucked cash in the card.   Scarlett took care of her service providers.

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Vesta’s tight spot

Posted on August 6, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

Had Leon and his mother raised Susan?   Vesta had stayed in her head all her life.     Vesta found refuge in Sherman.     Silent, no questions, just bodies pressed together. And purring. Her throat was tight.  She … Continue reading →

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Susan is content

Posted on July 26, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

Susan didn’t know what Velma and Vesta knew. Yet.   Susan was content.   She liked her living space, her baby was healthy, and she had Velma.   Velma was like the mother she didn’t have.

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Velma Stunned

Posted on July 19, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

The news was, of course preposterous. Not just that her friend had a daughter, or that nobody knew about the daughter. But the daughter was… brown and recently came to town and was Susan. Velma wanted Susan for her own … Continue reading →

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Susan breaks a sweat

Posted on June 12, 2013 by AngelaLTodd

Time to move again! Susan’s dancer body was under there somewhere, she was sure. What the future held for her and the baby, who knew? But first she’d stroll the baby then come back and read aloud… it would be good … Continue reading →

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