Category: Family Stories

And Baby Makes Five

Published on by Ann Marie Bryant8 Comments

Although the woman and her family looked forward to baby number five, one complication existed.  Her parents and her sisters did not know she was expecting.  Once she started showing, the woman faded from public view and stayed hidden from her family. Continue reading “And Baby Makes Five” →

Number, Please

Published on by Ann Marie Bryant5 Comments

The distant ringing of the phone brought her out of her slumber. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and slowly sat up in her bed. Yawning, she looked at the bedside clock. It was almost time to get up anyway. She reached over, picked up the alarm clock, and switched it off. It was probably someone calling for the donut shop again. The two phone numbers were so annoyingly similar, and she received calls from the shop more times than she could count. She made her way to the kitchen to start her coffee. Just as the coffee began to perk, the phone rang again. She grabbed her notepad and pen. She said hello, and the guy on the other end asked, “Is this the donut shop
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