Illness Stories

Neither of us spoke at first; I was too stunned, and she too ashamed. Finally, I asked in a raspy voice, “Why?” Her gaze remained steadfastly away from mine. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Luke. I… He was dying. And I was so… the depression, it was crushing me. I couldn’t be home with Julie. I couldn’t be home with you. And every time I was there, I felt… disconnected. I felt guilty for not being home, and then when I was home...

We met Walt the day we were moving into our new home. We’d finally saved enough to buy a place on five wooded acres outside of the town of Salida, Colorado, up into the hills a little way off Highway 50, which eventually crosses Monarch Pass. It wasn’t a huge home, but we didn’t need huge; instead, the property had a small meadow out front, fantastic mountain views, privacy, and peace, to go along with the abundant wildli...

Lucy Andrews was in a bind. She had been given an assignment to go to a conference up in Sacramento to try and get the state government to release some money for a project her company was working on.  Ordinarily, she wouldn't have minded the hour and a half flight, she'd been up there before for other matters, but this trip came at a most inopportune time. Lucy's daughter Anna was coming home from college for the summer a...

  It has been a long and tiring week Since she heard the heartbreaking news Which made her teenage nightmare Come to life in the here and now.   Her thoughts and emotions Shroud in darkness As fear tries it best to claim her Making her its unwilling fatality.   He takes her in his arms Pulling her against his chest Gently kissing her forehead As he whispers, “It's going to be alright.”   She looks up at him and softly smi...

Looking at the blank page in front of her She realizes that she could fill it a million times over With all her thoughts and emotions Currently running through her veins.   But what is it that she feels she really needs to say Is it thank you for the all the love and support? Or maybe that she’s sorry? No, it is all that and more…   You see as much as she is going to fight With all she believes and all the love she holds...