family
Family unites us; but it's also a challenge. All about fighting to stay together, and loving every moment of it.
A Scratch Can't Hurt
It was a still, dark and fog filled morning when Matthew 'Matty' Hawkins arrived on the new job site at his usual six am. His crew, the men he had been working with for the last ten years (first as a fellow chippie and laborer and for the last seven as their foreman), had started to arrive shortly after Matty, grumbling and discouraged by the unpleasant start to the day. Libbie Kelly, owner of Flipping Majestic Constructions had handpicked this team when she started the business ten years ago. The majority of the crew - Libbie included - had all been apprentices at the same time. Now almost twenty-five years later, they were the best crew Matty had ever worked with.
By Laurel Horsley5 years ago in Humans
The Loa
Desirae was born and raised in a small town in Louisiana just west of New Orleans called Bayou Gauche. Now this town isn't known for anything in particular, in fact, most people don't even know it exists at all. Like most of the community, Desirae spent all of her free time fishing. There were lots of great places to fish in Bayou Gauche, it was mostly water after all, but Desirae's favorite place was beneath a weeping willow by the oil well where her grandma Soria taught her to fish. It was in this spot that when Desirae was nine years old, she spotted a Loa swimming beneath the water. It was a catfish as big as Desirae herself, with flowing whiskers that reached past its tail fin. It swam to the surface of the water, shimmering gold in the sunlight for a few seconds before disappearing again into the dark depths. Grandma Soria explained to Desirae that a Loa is a spirit that oversees human interaction with the natural world and that praying to these Loas brings fortune and good health. Ever since that day, Desirae would beg her grandma to take her to that same willow so she could cast her line into the murky water in the hopes of finding fortune. She would pray for shiny gems, gold coins, and sweet candy, and even after two years of no luck, Desirae was determined to catch the Loa. She would run to her grandma's house every day after school, and the two of them would fish by the willow until the sun went down.
By Elias Evans5 years ago in Humans
Misfortune
Misfortune By L.J. Branch “Syl, he’s still here.” “Hm?” Sylvia followed the bartender’s line of sight and saw a man of no less than sixty slumped over in the corner of her bar. Checking the time on her phone, Sylvia saw that it was well past closing time. “And you didn’t kick him out, Meg?”
By lerone branch5 years ago in Humans
