Loss & Grief
— “Why must you go now, oh father?” said the little ones, as the answer still is not found. “I am terribly sorry, but I must help your mother,” says father....
— “Do you ever think about what happens after death?”Auvril’s younger sister wondered aloud. Auvril turned over on her stiff mattress, face toface with a pair of bright blue eyes. “What...
— SWEETIE The small girl sat in the dreary light, counting raindrops on the window. On the other side of the window was freedom, the freedom that she didn’t deserve, or...
— Andrew’s Will (William’s class) By Peri Gordon, 11 Samuel had made a pact with his wealthy brother, Andrew. When Andrew died, he would leave half his fortune to Samuel in...
— 10 days 10 days. That was how long I’d been in heaven. Heavenwas just like people thought of it as. The whole area is up in theclouds above all the...
— “I don’t know, Izzy,” said Ophelia. “Oh, come on,” I complained. “He wasn’t spooked by a crazy bulldog, he won’t be afraid of a harmless ghost who he can’t even...
— Writing Workshop #1: On the Word ‘And’ The Beggar Woman’s Song And the beggar woman sang of the wolf’s cold heart, how she prowled in a mist shrouded lane, she...
— Last Night (William’s class) By Peri Gordon, 11 The seat of my wool couch scratched my legs fiercely. The whir of the breeze through the window echoed in my mind,...
— I glanced around the hospital cautiously and shuddered. The walls were pure white, but I felt as if they were stained with the blood of those who never survived. The...
— Jack Lyra hadn’t spoken in months. She had stayed in her room ever since the accident. Her life seemed vacant since the fateful day a brother and sister wandered too...