Story archives - tag: "daughters"

without an anchor

Every one of my many heartbreaks could have been avoided had you not waited until I was 32 to tell me you loved me.

tags: absent fathers failed relationships daughters love [add]

2007-11-20 15:09:53 / Rating: 2088.5 /

fluffy

Answering the door to trick-or-treaters in all her hairless chemo glory, my mother has inspired me more than she could ever imagine.

tags: halloween cancer chemo inspiration mothers daughters [add]

2007-11-09 11:01:52 / Rating: 808.5 /

eschatologies

For my father, the disappointment of a son who didn't enjoy athletics was never ameliorated by a daughter ecstatic to fill that void.

tags: childhood disappointment fathers daughters [add]

2007-10-02 15:43:36 / Rating: 507.5 /