Sample Stories: Humor, Warmth, Relatable Situations
"VI'S NEW PLACE IN LIFE"
She was suddenly flat on the floor.
At first, she didn't know what had happened. But then she recognized her two bar stools, overturned in an awkward manner beneath her kitchen counter.
It was the bar-stool-high kitchen counter that drew complaints from Vi's daughter, Cindy, whenever she visited her mom at Walnut Grove Assisted Living ... (click photo)
"MARVIN'S RIGID RECEPTION"
Marvin adjusted his tie, a polka-dotted monstrosity Sylvia had gifted him for their 50th anniversary.
He felt a familiar flutter of anxiety. The annual "Meet the Donors" gala at the Metropolitan Art Museum was always a trial.
It was not because he disliked art – he enjoyed a good landscape with cows – but because ... (click photo)
"TERRY'S MISUNDERSTOOD IDIOM"
... It wasn't until later, when he was recounting the story to his wife, Martha, that “the penny dropped.”
Martha hugged him and, with a guarded giggle, explained, “Terry, you can’t say that to a young man these days! ‘Fire in your belly’? It sounds like you’re accusing him of having indigestion or something!”
Terry was confused. (click photo)