Slow Stories

Titus 2:3-4, “(3) Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. (4) Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands...” * * * * I am NOT a Biblical scholar, I simply read this translation & thought a misinterpretation could lead to an interesting story. * * * * [NOTE: Some tags are not relevant until later in the story.]

He died at seventy-nine and woke at twenty, same body, same year: 2003, in Leuven, the whole thing still ahead of him. James knows what's coming: the crashes, the fortunes, the people he'll lose. This time he'll go slow, build quiet, keep his head. But a second life is still a life, and knowing the future doesn't make it hurt less when it arrives. Least of all when it's her.

A Son of Martha Story
This is the conclusion of the story of the relationship between Jim, the Son of Martha, and Petra, the young woman who loved him and drew him out of 'nerd-dom'

This Story is Part of Jake's Universe
Cancer ended his happy marriage. Now he is lost. But someone is even more lost. A romance with minimal sex. While NOT directly tied to Jake, please read Jake Joyfully or with Ganda first. There are no footnotes here and no explanations. The story assumes you know this already.

Six men and women get together for drinks and dinner on a Wednesday. It becomes a regular thing, and the friendships they develop bring them into one loving family.

In classic tennis white -- white shorts, matching tank top, and sneakers -- she was eye catching. Her black shiny hair fell softly around her face. It was thick and I had to resist the urge to run my fingers through the luscious strands. And her glasses were gone. Her dark brown eyes seemed to draw me in like mirrors in reverse; and I decided I wanted to spend hours looking into them.