Some dreams disappear like a dewdrop in the dawn. Other dreams change shape like tadpoles in the spring. Once, I was the size of a …
Shake Hands with Life by Jacqueline Jules
Toss the hand sanitizer. Eat the dropped cookie. Kiss a snot-nosed child on the lips. You have T-cells ready to battle bacteria, defy diarrhea, cancel …
Birthday Candles by Jacqueline Jules
Baby Arianna at Tanya’s Toyland had straight black bangs, plump red lips, and lifelike lashes so long they tickled my cheeks testing her soft hug …
Cactus by Jacqueline Jules
Right now, my life resembles a desert plant with spines too sharp to embrace. Still, giant green limbs raised like towers against blue sky tempt …