Stories

Stories

[title subtitle=”WORDS and IMAGE Jessica Sowards”][/title] For some reason, November’s articles are the hardest articles for me to write. Year after year, I find myself staring at the blinking cursor. It’s as if he mocks me with every blink, telling me...
A Girl’s Best Friend

A Girl’s Best Friend

[title subtitle=”WORDS and IMAGES Jessica Sowards”][/title] My earliest memory is of a dog. I’ve shared what details I can recall, though there aren’t many, with my parents and based on where we lived, I must have been around two or three. All I remember...
A Night in the Garden

A Night in the Garden

[title subtitle=”words and image: Jessica Sowards”][/title] I sat in the garden until after dark tonight. I rarely do. Kids need dinner and baths. The laundry needs to be moved over and the kitchen needs to be cleaned up. But tonight, I stayed out and left...
Let Me Go Home

Let Me Go Home

[title subtitle=”words: Stoney Stamper image: April Stamper”][/title] “I’ve been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota”…you know the words. Go ahead and sing along. But I’m not just quoting the famous song by Johnny Cash,...
The Sick Kid

The Sick Kid

[title subtitle=”words and image: Jessica Sowards”][/title] When I was just a few years old, I started to have some issues. I don’t remember that of course, but I grew up hearing the same thing repeated to doctor after doctor, “She potty trained early but...

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