Giant digital numbers flashed from the billboard, indicating that the Powerball drawing was over one-hundred million dollars again. I never completely understood how it got there: were that many people buying lottery tickets? Probably. That many people and more anticipated that an exuberant amount of money would not only change their lives, but that they’d…
He rapped on the door and heard giggles and footsteps. The door opened just a crack to partially reveal a smiling bride’s maid. “Are you the photographer?” “Yep. Am I too early? She wanted some photos of all of you getting ready.” “Umm, we’re all dressed for the most part, let me see.” The door…
His heels sunk into the sand before his toes flicked it behind him as he sprinted in a line parallel with the waves. The sun illuminated everything. The world felt so bright.The sky was completely open all around him, not a spot of a cloud was to be seen. The day was ideal: he was…
The doorbell rang the minute I turned the water in the shower off. Figured. I didn’t dry off as well as I normally did and as a result slid across the bathroom tile and feared for a moment that I was going to fall and bash my brains in on the toilet behind me. Once…
