Laura balanced one child on her knee and held the other close to her chest to quiet the crying. She bounced her knee up and down trying to get little Viola to burp after she had just fed her. Once she did, while still holding the crying Jacob to her chest, she placed Viola in…
I sat in the shade of my tree lost in a book. I didn’t even notice when the cook called me in for dinner until she came over and clapped in front of my face. “You better get in here Daniel before you’re late for dinner again!” she called and disappeared back inside. I jumped…
Miyoni’s paws thundered across the field ahead of her master. The wind blew her fur back and she shook out her mane. She stopped in the middle of the valley where the most moonlight poured onto the ground. Miyoni’s heart soared and she tilted her head back and let out a howl. Jean came up…
(This story has been published already in Pure In Heart Magazine. It’s a wonderful Christian family magazine that I totally recommend. https://pureinheartstories.com/issue-6/the-darkness-by-adele-nickerson/ ) I didn’t move from underneath the tree as the sky darkened. I leaned back and pulled my knees to my chest. I wrapped my arms around them and buried my head between…
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