Ten years is long enough to change a person—sometimes even an entire life. For Daniel Brooks, a U.S. Special Forces soldier, those ten…
I don’t remember what the weather was like that afternoon, only that the sky looked clean after a night of rain, the kind…
1. My House, My Peace — At Least I Thought So When I bought my little blue house on the corner of Birchwood…
“Acknowledged” I never imagined my engagement would end in a text message while I was standing in the checkout line of a Portland…
For five years, Daniel Harper had lived with a hole in his chest. His wife, Lily, died in a car crash when their…
1. The Flight If there’s one thing I learned in the three years since losing my husband, it’s that grief isn’t a single…
PART 1: THE FEAST OF BITTER WORDS Chapter 1: The Black Sheep of a Prestigious Family Snow fell heavily on the streets of…
PART 1: THE BANQUET OF CONTEMPT Chapter 1: An Uninvited Guest in His Own Family Snow fell heavily outside the window of the…
PART 1: THE DAY HAPPINESS TURNED TO ASH Chapter 1: The Soldier Returns The Malibu sea breeze blew fiercely, carrying the salty taste…
If anyone had told me my own family would hurt my child, I would’ve laughed. But that was before last Sunday. Before the…