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Anger and hatred over past atrocities, if not resolved, often render an individual emotionally dysfunctional. Couple anger and hate with the refusal to forgive and you have a recipe for mental illness. Roger, a young nine-year old boy from the Ukraine experiences the horrors of Stalin's man-made famine of 1932-33 in which his baby sister starves to death and his dad is executed for stealing a small bag of wheat. Roger and his mother escape from the Ukraine into Poland. A few years later, the Second World War breaks out. Because of their Jewish blood, his mother, grandfather and he are placed in the Nazi slave labour camps. His mother dies in the work camp and Roger witnesses the horror of his grandfather being beaten to death by an evil guard. Roger survives the slave labour camp, but with the passage of time, his grief over his great losses turns to anger and hatred. He adamantly refuses to forgive those who have caused him pain. Will Roger find the peace that only forgiveness can bring or will the torturous trail he takes lead him to insanity? All of us can learn from Roger's life. In truth: WE MUST FORGIVE TO LIVE
As an older foster child, Andrew longed for the day when hed be adopted by a real family because they loved him and wanted him to be part of their family unit. Until that day dawned, like many other foster kids, he lived with the stigma that he was kept by his foster parents to generate income for them. Of late, bad had gone to worse for 13 year old Andrew. He was being sexually abused by Blanche, his new single foster mom. Blanche had been abandoned by her husband and despised men. Although she used Andrew for her own depraved needs, she treated him poorly. To add to his pain, news of this sexual relationship leaked out to his peers at school and he was now enduring verbal torment at recess...
In Michaels first kids story, Grandpas Magic Beard, Grandma was always on Grandpas case about his wild imagination. According to Grandpa, he and his two granddaughters went into a magic world in his beard. In Jaycobs Magic Spaceship, Grandpa is at it again. This time Grandpa and Grandson, Jaycob, are off on a trip to Mars in Jaycobs Magic Spaceship while Grandma is at a ladies meeting. Grandma still believes that all these adventures are just a result of an over active imagination, but Jaycob and Grandpa know better. Believe it or not, they even have a few space rocks to show that they visited Mars. Michael Parlee lives with his wife Pauline in Bowden, Alberta. He has written three other adult novels: Tanya, Son of Sister Maria and We Must Forgive to Live. His e-mail address is mpparlee@shaw.ca
In Michaels first kids story, Grandpas Magic Beard, Grandma was always on Grandpas case about his wild imagination. According to Grandpa, he and his two granddaughters went into a magic world in his beard. In Jaycobs Magic Spaceship, Grandpa is at it again. This time, Grandpa and Grandson, Jaycob, are off on a trip to Mars in Jaycobs Magic Spaceship while Grandma is at a ladies meeting. Grandma still believes that all these adventures are just a result of an overactive imagination, but Jaycob and Grandpa know better. Believe it or not, they even have a few space rocks to show that they visited Mars. Michael Parlee lives with his wife, Pauline, in Bowden, Alberta. He has written three other adult novels: Tanya, Son of Sister Maria, and We Must Forgive to Live. His e-mail address is mpparlee@shaw.ca.
In Michael's first kids' story, Grandpa's Magic Beard, Grandma was always on Grandpa's case about his wild imagination. According to Grandpa, he and his two granddaughters went into a magic world in his beard. In Jaycob's Magic Spaceship, Grandpa is at it again. This time, Grandpa and Grandson, Jaycob, are off on a trip to Mars in Jaycob's Magic Spaceship while Grandma is at a ladies' meeting. Grandma still believes that all these adventures are just a result of an overactive imagination, but Jaycob and Grandpa know better. Believe it or not, they even have a few space rocks to show that they visited Mars. Michael Parlee lives with his wife, Pauline, in Bowden, Alberta. He has written three other adult novels: Tanya, Son of Sister Maria, and We Must Forgive to Live. His e-mail address is mpparlee@shaw.ca.
Rob stood by the cross at the spot where the grizzly killed his dad. “Please forgive for what I have to do, Dad,” he moaned. “God only knows how much I’m suffering. I just can’t stand this horrible pain anymore. I’ve got to end it all.” The 44 Colt felt cold and awkward in his hand. The gun barrel glistened from the drizzle. It took every ounce of strength he had to place the end of the barrel against his chest. With his eyes firmly closed, he cocked the 44 with his thumb and tried to squeeze the trigger. His forefinger froze, refusing to pull the trigger. “Damn it anyway! Why won’t my finger pull the trigger?” Rob cried out. Rob made several more attempts, but no matter ...
Tanya is a forthright, emotionally charged love story of a pioneer couple, Tanya and Tom Parker. They face and overcome many obstacles as they struggle to carve out a farm from forest primeval. From the nineteen twenties to the nineteen seventies we follow them through all the pain and joy that life brings their way. It is an occasionally violent, occasionally earthy tale. Life at times is heavy for the couple as they struggle with infidelity; financial ruin and terminal illness. They learn what it means to practise love and compassion and experience the beauty and power of forgiveness. The story ends with a horrific triple murder. The beautiful epilogue in the last pages of the book takes one into the spirit world.
- A Greek god seeks out a woman he once seduced... - A tragic letter from 1910 chronicles a young woman's quest to find her lost love... - A terminally ill teen finds forbidden love... - A historian travels to the past and finds herself in the arms of Benedict Arnold. Enjoy these stories and many more in this passion-filled collection of short stories and poetry from the writers of WPaD. Love can be many things. For some, it's sweet and sensual. For others, it's tragic and painful. Just as a prism transforms a beam of light into all colors of the rainbow, love blooms to its full potential, taking on a different shade with every heart through which it passes. The stories and poetry in this bo...