With a last-minute business trip, my daughter requested me to care my grandson for two weeks. I didn’t hesitate since I adore spending time with my grandson on short notice. She left him off with a hefty luggage and rushed to her aircraft. Nothing appeared odd until I opened the luggage. There were outfits for autumn, winter, and spring, plus his toys and meds! She didn’t feel like staying for two weeks; she didn’t intend to return. I kept calling her but got no response. I cried for weeks, worried ill. I eventually received this video call after nearly giving…
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Vladimir and Lyudmila Grigoryev have long employed Yulia Antonovna. After doing her work, the maid slept by the window while the masters were gone. She saw a street lad suddenly. He walked along their fence, skinny and in torn clothing. “Perhaps he’s hungry,” Yulia Antonovna moaned, pitying the infant. She left the house after seeing the enormous clock in the living room and deciding the pair wouldn’t return soon. “What’s your name?” she asked the street-watching guy quietly. “Vasya,” he said, looking apprehensive under his messy bangs. Vasya, join me. I’ll serve you fresh apple pie,” the mother said, and…
I felt fatigued after the race. My legs were Jell-O, and I probably had half a granola bar in my throat. Despite running a 5K, I collapsed into the fold-up chair like a marathon runner. Coach Tate approached, panting and sweating on his tattooed arm. He always seemed threatening, like a bar bouncer or motorbike rider without a helmet. Today, he wore the same Girls on the Run race jersey as us, but it barely covered his biceps. He gave me a water bottle and a crumpled brown bag with my name on it. “Good run, Mia,” he remarked, tangling…
When they said we could leave the hospital, I anticipated relief. Instead, I felt empty. My daughter Callie waved at the nurses like old friends, smiling behind her small mask with her teddy rabbit under one arm. I attempted to match her drive. I was unraveling internally. No home to return to. In exchange for sleeping on a vinyl chair by her hospital bed throughout treatment, blood draws, and midnight prayers, the rent had lapsed months before. She lost her father before diagnosis. My role was “understanding” until their calls ceased. Two weeks ago. For Callie, I kept calm. I…
During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, January 30, President Donald Trump’s FBI director-designate Kash Patel spoke to friendly Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) about what happened on January 6, 2021, exposing who he saw as being really at fault for how the day played out. Doing so, the nominee for the FBI Director position foisted blame for the day’s unfortunate events, particularly the trespass into the Capitol that was unstopped, on two top Democrats: former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, saying that it is they who are responsible. That…
I wasn’t invited formally. My sister Salome texted the night before, “If you’re free, we’ve got room in the car.” I agreed without thinking. Needed a break. The household situation was tight. Easy plan: travel upstate, stay at a friend’s cabin, alcohol, junk food, trashy reality TV. I packed a suitcase and met them in the driveway as they finished loading the back. Blankets, snacks, beach towels—even leopard print. Salome signed it. When I got in, everyone was surprised—not negatively. A moment of silence was too lengthy. I ignored it. She appeared in the passenger seat. Mara. Sister of my…
In one day, I lost everything. My job. My house. Next—my father. My sister made sure I realized how little I deserved during the will reading. An ancient apiary and a surprise secret were all I had. Routine. That stabilized my life. I stocked shelves, smiled with customers, and remembered who purchased particular cereal and how frequently they ran out of milk. After each work, I totaled my pay and tucked away a little each week—just because it seemed appropriate. Everything fell apart in one day like a dry biscuit between careless fingers. My manager said, “We’re making cuts, Adele.”…
In an episode of his show that aired just before he was confirmed as the FBI’s second-in-command, Dan Bongino issued a titanic warning to Senator Adam Schiff, who was pushing Russiagate. The awakened Democrat was told that he will be punished for trying to sabotage President Trump in order to skew the democratic process. Online commenters praised the video that Bongino shared on X, applauding the notion that the now-Deputy Director of the FBI will be targeting Adam Schiff, who is much loathed. For comparison, during his first term, the Russian collusion narrative—which asserted that Trump was conspiring with the…
In response to the archbishop’s decision to bar her from receiving communion in his diocese, Pelosi has stated, “I have a problem with my archbishop, and I figure that’s his problem, not mine,” since the publication of this article. “We’ve had very, very negative anti-LGBTQ stuff coming from our archbishop,” she continued. He has stated unequivocally that not everyone is a child of God. Perhaps we are not endowed with free will. Three more conservative Catholic bishops have since followed in the footsteps of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, who denied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi access to the Eucharist…
