A heartwarming tale with a brief, sad beginning, and a full happy ending. Wendel buys his mother a pair of high-heel shoes. A hint of magical realism encourages them to dance.
A second edition of my story Spread Family Thighs and Stuffed Family Pies. Chapters 1 and 2 are identical whereas chapters 3-9 in the original story has been shortened to just chapters 3 and 4 in the new edition. Chapter 10 in the original; which was just submitted today, is the same as Chapter 5 in the 2nd edition. Synopsis: From the 80's sitcom Family Ties, mom and daughter have to fight for their modesty when, in a moment of anger, mom says she can do anything a man do.
Eddie and his mother enjoy their special relationship, though she allows his other trysts without jealousy. Approached by one of Eddie's teachers, who revealed she, too, has been in a relationship with a now absent son, Eddie's mother agrees to share.
"Yes, dear, and one day soon I must tell you the purpose which menstruation has in Nature's creative plan -- but not today." [Callender, Mary Pauline (1938) "Marjorie May's 12th Birthday", Kotex. Co., p. 12.]