Leaving The Door Open

Keeping it Real Storytelling

  • Hiding in a Painting

    Hiding in a Painting

    I had finished weeding around the begonias in my grandfather’s garden as I did sometimes on Saturday mornings. I knew that he would be waiting inside for me. I was nervous about going in because I had something on my mind. I was 16 or…

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  • Shades of Change Part I

    Ginny has a friend named Lois who has been in her condo complex for 25 years. Lois knows people. She had been on the board…

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  • The Unwelcome Visitor

    Ginny called today. I should lay out the back story first. It begins about three years ago. She had a young woman named Carly as…

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  • The Cable Debacle

    My husband Dennis and I are just completing a 3-day visit with my 88-year-old mother Ginny when she receives a notice from the cable company.…

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  • When The Money Runs Out

    When my mother Ginny moved to Florida in 2000, she was 70 years-old and had the money from the sale of her condo, an inheritance…

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