Frederick Comes Clean With Daphne

Deposit Photos "My father received a letter from yours saying that our family can forget about me being the future Mistress of Cherryville. And that our courtship was over." "I'm sorry, Daphne." "I expect it because your father was very upset about the Nancy situation. He blames my parents for my uncle running off with Nancy. I blame …

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Frederick Shows up at the Caldwells

Richard Jenkins Image Mr. Livingston was just leaving the Caldwell house, when he saw another carriage arrive and Frederick step out. Grimacing, he went to meet him. "What are you doing here?" "Mother begged me to come over here." "I might have known that she would send you. Well, I'm finished with my business here and am on …

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Wedding Memories and Upcoming Honeymoon

Photo by Monstera Production on Pexels.com It was two days after our wedding and a couple of hours before Kareem and I were to go to the airport to take our flight to Istanbul for our two week honeymoon. We were visiting my parents. Kareem's parents were also visiting. They were returning to Dubai the next day. …

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Hasani’s Regret & Anele’s Future with Mr. Ebrahim

Hasani watched Anele and her friend, Dimah talking. He was tempted to go over and say hello but he wasn't sure that he should now after meeting Mr. Ebrahim at the graduation ceremony. It had been a blow when his mother had later told him that Mr. Ebrahim and Anele were courting each other and …

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Ridge’s Arrangement with Danica

iStock Image Danica and Ridge were in the kitchen. He went there to put the take out food on the counter and she followed him. He turned to face her. "Dani, you can't stay here." "Why not?" Ridge ran his fingers through his hair. "You know why not." "No, I don't. Why don't you tell …

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Running into Rehema & the West End

"Who was that woman we saw as we were coming into the station?" Sarika asked as we waited for the train. We were on their way to see a matinee show of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap in the West End. I hadn't expected to run into Rehema so it was quite a shock when I …

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Glorify God

Acts 9:36-42 God’s purpose is to bless us. Our purpose in life is to glorify Him. When we glorify God, we are celebrating whom He truly is. We glorify God with all that we have—our time, talents, finances, etc. Tabitha had time. Part of glorifying God is impacting other people’s lives. Tabitha used her time …

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A Long Time to Wait

PHOTO PROMPT © Sarah Potter So, this was where Trudy lived with her husband and their kids.  It had been too much to hope that she would wait for him.  Fifteen years was a long time for a woman to put her life on hold.  Still, it was what had kept him going all these …

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The Nursing Home

It was Saturday morning and Andrea was at the nursing home visiting Mrs. Alvarez, dear woman whom she met through her grandmother.  After her grandmother passed away, Andrea continued to visit Mrs. Alvarez who was always delighted to see her.  She was in a wheelchair and although she was ninety years old, her mind was …

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The Funeral

It was a gloomy day with intermittent spurts of rain.  It was as if nature itself was mourning the loss of a great woman.  Tracy was not surprised at the large turnout. The church was packed as many came to pay their respects and pay homage to Mrs. Gladys Townsend, the dear lady whom she …

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