Revolution
[ooc: Alan is abit_unsettlin.]Leaning back against the kitchen counter, Murphy watched torn between amusement and shock. It wasn’t everyday her kid took to someone like she was taking to Alan. After a year together, she knew it was time to take the big step introducing him to her daughter. She was always cautious with Anna, maybe over-protective but ( Read more... )

Ten things that remind you of a special person or place

About my daughter, Anna

01. The Art Institute of Chicago
02. Grant Park
03. Hannah Montana
04. High School Musical
05. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
06. Anything purple
07. Giraffes
08. Chicken Fingers
09. Every drawing hanging up in my cubical
10. Snowball fights

What were you doing ten years ago?Ten years ago, roughly, I was giving birth to my daughter Anna. I say roughly because Anna’s ten right now and she was actually born in February not January. I say it still counts anyway because my whole life at the time revolved around my brand new baby girl ( Read more... )

Thank somebody for something.Murphy could instantly tell her ex-husband didn’t like the idea. He had a look on his face she knew meant he thought there was a serious flaw in something. He got the same look every election year when he worked out the Mayor’s campaign strategy. In the face of that, she did what she always did: bargained ( Read more... )

"Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story."-Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn ( Read more... )

Wake Up“Mom. Mom ( Read more... )

At least I know I did one good thing with my life.

"Get mad, then get over it." - Colin Powell ( Read more... )

Cheer Someone UpAt seven-thirty at night, Murphy’s phone range. She dropped what she was doing, reheating take-out could wait, and grabbed the kitchen phone ( Read more... )

“You knew this day was coming, Connie, don’t look so surprised,” Her ex said, frowning slightly at her from across the nice café table ( Read more... )