Tanner was waiting downstairs in the lobby for her. Melania smiled when she saw him and they hugged. "Hello," she said when they drew apart. He looked and smelled good. "No jacket?" "It's in the car." His gaze traveled over her. "Aren't you cold with your legs bare like that?" he asked. His eyes darkened …
The Last Day in Hanoi
She sat in her room. Today was their last day in Hanoi. In a few hours they were going to be on a plane heading back to Chicago. She didn't want to leave. She was afraid that things would go back to how they were between Ryker and her--friends and colleagues--well, director and assistant. There …
A Different Direction
One day I got tired of writing mundane stories about film stars, politicians, writers and other famous people. I guess people would think I'm crazy. How could I be bored with such stuff, they would wonder. Well, believe it or not, I was. I wanted to do something different with my life. I have always …
What is Lacking
The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?” - Matthew 19:20 All week I got this nagging sense that God was trying to tell me something. I have been racking my brains trying to figure out what it is. Finally, I decided to …
MADS
He lost his balance and fell over, arms flailing helplessly while others watched in horror. He landed on the rocks. Death was instant. That was a year ago. The memories and troubled dreams made it feel like it happened yesterday. She stood in the packed auditorium, watching the young faces, some of them familiar. Taking …
The Betrayal
Althea closed her Bible and placed it back on the coffee table. She felt like Judas because she had betrayed Tyson. Guilt racked her but if she were brutally honest with herself she would admit that what happened between Greg and her was something she had wanted for a very long time--even before she started …
Maureen O’ Hara
Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them. -As for me I have always believed my most compelling quality to be my inner strength, something I am easily able to share with an audience. I'm very comfortable in my own skin. I never thought my looks would have …
Planned Parenthood Videos
I just heard about this video of the undercover exposé of Planned Parenthood's practice of trafficking fetal parts so I watched it and could not believe how callous Deborah Nucatola, the organization's Senior Director of Medical Services was. She was eating a salad and drinking a glass of wine as she casually talked about extracting the specimens …
Ingrid Bergman
I just read in the Stabroek News that the 68th Cannes Film Festival unveiled its official poster featuring legendary actress Ingrid Bergman in a tribute to what would have been her 100th birthday this year. I think that's wonderful. She was an actress I truly admired and appreciated. She had gentle beauty and an air …
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Mary Eliza Mahoney She made history as the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States. Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Her parents, originally from North Carolina, were freed slaves. They moved north before the Civil War, where they would face less discrimination. Mary …
Notes to Women 