**My official Christmas book, The Happy Squire: Christmas Stories to Encourage & Inspire, is a FREE download until tomorrow night, Dec 14. The following is a new story for the sequel. Michael Jr. was getting increasingly frustrated with humanity (and probably not the only one). Over his … [Read more...]
A New Short Story
Find other short stories like this one in The Happy Squire: Christmas Stories to Encourage & Inspire on Amazon – FREE Download Thursday Dec 10-14. Stop Complaining! “Would you pleeaaassssse stop complaining!” shouted the snowman whose patience was clearly exhausted. “Every year it’s the … [Read more...]
Christmas Story: The Stressed Woman at Christmas Pt2
No one in Jen’s family ever really seemed to be that close to her dad, so when he passed away at the end of November it surprised her how much of a hole it caused. She’d be the first to say that he was a good man, but he was distant. Growing up, her mom had always been her cheerleader, and now … [Read more...]
A Christmas Story: The Stressed Woman at Christmas
Carol always looked like the Queen of Christmas. She actually looked like the queen all the time, but at Christmas she particularly stood out. She was a perfectionist through and through, but to outsiders she looked calm and completely in control. Her husband, Ron, knew better, but that’s always … [Read more...]
A Christmas Story: The Ugly Elf
You might be surprised to hear that the whole “elves make toys and Santa delivers them with a sleigh and reindeer” idea hasn’t been happening for a very long time. It has been maintained, however, for marketing reasons because it sounds really good. Originally, it all began with Santa giving a few … [Read more...]
A Christmas Story: Be Like Tiny Tim
Like every Christmas Eve before, the whole family had gathered to watch one of the many versions of The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Everyone was there including the usual handful of aunts, uncles, and cousins who always slept over. And everyone was in the living room having fun except … [Read more...]
Story: A Strong and Beautiful Woman
(This will conclude a month of stories) “This is a magic mirror. It reveals what’s in your heart.” Those were the words that haunted Kelly all of her young life. It started years before when her mom came home with a new mirror and she told the family this line: “This is a magic mirror. It … [Read more...]
Story: Charlie the Christmas Elf
(From last year) Charlie was the best Christmas elf anyone at the mall had ever seen. He was gentle and kind with a flair for making everyone laugh from little babies to grumpy dads stuck shopping for hours longer than the five minutes they could handle. This, of course, helped parents get the … [Read more...]