Reconciliation

Liam McShane and Stephanie Lancaster — Liam McShane was sitting quietly at his cubicle, filling out a litigation worksheet for a lawsuit that had come into the office. He was completely occupied in this activity when Max approached him at his cubicle. “Paul and I are going after work to a seminar on the nature of…

Nigel and Elizabeth Fox and David at a Greek restaurant c c v — As David and Brigita ate quietly beside him to his left and Elizabeth spoke in Greek to the owners of the restaurant. Nigel sat quietly with his eyes closed contemplating the irony of it all. They had travelled thousands of miles from home in a country he was once at…

I still hope our relationship will be repaired — Dear Friend, And you are dear to me. I treasure our friendship, and it breaks my heart when we are at odds. I hate the way things are. We should hate things that are bad, like both of us used to in better times. …

Brooke Reardon and her vocation of a lifetime Brooke Reardon was always the first to arrive in the offices on Monday mornings and she usually prepared a pot of coffee for everyone so that it was nice and hot by the time the others arrived. This Monday morning was no…

Julie Jamison and Jim Jacobson in New York for the 911 Aftermath — In the aftermath of the revelations in Hadleyburg Virginia, no one could have anticipated in the few short weeks afterwards, that there would be even greater mysteries ahead, that the convulsions lying hidden just beneath the surface, would erupt into the destruction, death and war post 911, though I could…

Father Michael’s Sermon for Sunday Before Nativity — Julie Jamison had awakened early on the Sunday before Nativity 2000. it was nearly one year since Robert Montgomery had found her sleeping under a staircase in Harlem. She had completely turned her life around under the tutelage of Father Michael, and the friendships she had nurtured with Elizabeth and…