Tag: kindness
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So Big: One-Hundred-Word Story
She was six the first time. Eleanor gave all her dolls to a classmate whose family lost everything in a fire. At sixteen, she handed over her coat to a homeless woman. “Why did you do that, E?” asked her mom. Eleanor looked puzzled, “Because she’s about my size.” Her heart was so big, the…
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Reflective Glass: One-Hundred-Word Story
Carol sits in a sunny restaurant booth. Looking out the window, she fixates on a pickup with a white camper shell. It’s her home now, since she became unemployed. The manager allows her to sit in the eatery, providing her with free water and day-old pastries. Thump! she’s startled as a bird flies into the…
