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Real Estate Writer

Joined January 2010.

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I’m a realtor who loves to read and has a son who writes on this site. I’m writing to be more apart of his life.

Stories

  1. The Choice

    This day should be a happy one. My hopes and dreams for this child have all lead to this moment. From the day she was born I prayed she would be happy, healthy and capable of achieving her dreams. I worked with her teaching her the ABC’s and how ...

  2. Chapter 7: The Mean Bean

    One day Ethel noticed Betty sitting by herself. Betty looked sad staring out the window at nothing. Ethel missed her old friend and the times they shared. She approach Betty and asked if she could sit down. Betty nodded, she, too, had missed Ethel. The...

  3. Chapter 6: The Mean Bean

    Later that day Betty caught Ethel entering the coffee shop. Betty was furious. Ethel began defending herself, then stopped. Why was Betty there? Angry words were exchanged, then the two women marched to the counter to place their orders: Betty wanted 1...

  4. Chapter 5: The Mean Bean

    Immediately, Ethel and Betty knew the secret of their fountain of youth. It was the mystery coffee Hector had told them about. The two women had consumed numerous cups every day since its arrival. After obtaining refills of the magical coffee, the wome...

  5. Chapter 4: The Mean Bean

    Neither woman voiced what they were thinking. It was ridiculous. How could this be true. Yet, it continued to happen with each day. Their skin was tightening, the age spots disappearing, Ethel had even grown a few inches taller; evidenced by her shorte...

  6. Chapter 3: The Mean Bean

    The next day Ethel and Betty returned. The two laughed and enjoyed one another’s company more than usual. This repeated day after day. Each day they seemed to consume more coffee. One day Ethel confided in Betty, telling of the changes she’...

  7. Chapter 2: The Mean Bean

    Hector had ordered four 100 lb. bags, yet there were five bags by the back door. The invoice showed only four bags, why were there five? The fifth bag was different and had no label. Since Hector had not paid for the bag he shrugged and decided to make...

  8. Chapter 1: The Mean Bean

    It was Fall of 1995 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The tourist season had just ended. The locals looked forward to this time of year. Woods Hole would shed it’s crowded streets and demanding tourists and the real Woods Hole would come alive. The t...

  9. Chapter 1: The Mean Bean

    It was Fall of 1995 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The tourist season had just ended. The locals looked forward to this time of year. Woods Hole would shed it’s crowded streets and demanding tourists and the real Woods Hole would come alive. The t...

  10. A True Story From Haiti

    The concrete blocks had been a gift. Tahir’s boss from the mill had given them to her. She had suffer because of the gift, eating lunch alone receiving envious, angry starves. The other women would not speak to her, they still lived in houses of ...

  11. Too Busy!

    She was late that morning, it was her turn to bring the donuts. Hurrying along, not watching where she was going she stepped right on it. The Stop Sign had been hanging on for weeks. First it was two bolts, then one. Now it was on the ground. She looke...

  12. The Silence

    She had heard it from a distant and not from him. Why had he told others and not her? Maybe it was the scene he was avoiding. There would be sobbing, caressing and touching words. He could be relieved to leave. Their relationship was complicated and em...

  13. The Jump

    “You will never amount to anything”, he had heard the words many times. Through drunken slurs and angry screams. They had known the future like a fortune teller with a crystal ball. They had always known. He had lived up to there expectatio...

  14. A Child of Her Own

    She had many children. They were with her everyday. She taught them, corrected them, cared for them, then sent them on to the next grade and a new group would come. This had been enough for many years. But now she wanted more, needed more… She ha...

  15. The Mistake

    Her dreams would finally be realized. She had plotted and planned to get to this moment. Compromising her integrity, manipulating the circumstances, she had been everything he wanted yet nothing she truly was. Her love for him was so great she had done...

  16. The Making of a Man

    The Making of a Man Today was the day his dreams would be realized. The path had been long and sometimes difficult. Toiling in his cramped room. Cramped not by walls but by stuff. Plates, cups, books, so many clothes he had not seen the floor for year...

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