Oct 28, 2015 | A Day In My Life
It’s Inventory day! Hooray! (I’m trying to start out with a good attitude). Thumb Tips – 20 (that seems like a lot) Dove Pans – 4 (when was the last time we sold a dove pan?) Invisible Thread – 30 reels (how can you count ’em,...
Oct 27, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Just a few months ago, I was living happily ever after in a charming suburban New York apartment, working as a middle school science teacher, and spending every free moment with the loves of my life: my husband Sam and our little boy Max. Maybe it’s a blessing that I...
Oct 26, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Hey, Robbie Jordan here, in South Lick, Indiana. Today has been both good and bad, I’ll tell you. I was flipping banana-whole-wheat pancakes, baking cheesy biscuits, and frying up bacon and sausage all morning here at Pans ‘N Pancakes. That’s my country store...
Oct 25, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I’m a mother, an artist, a recent divorcee, and my son’s in trouble. I’m not sure what I can do about it or even if I can help. But at the age of sixteen he might spend his life in jail. He’d gotten into trouble before, but I naively thought that was all behind me....
Oct 24, 2015 | A Day In My Life
“Do you want a pastry with that, Miss?” Now that the cashier had asked, Ruby couldn’t say no. It was like he was daring her. Of course she wanted a pastry. “A caramel roll. Heated up with butter. Extra butter.” With the requested pastry in one hand, she held her phone...
