Tracey Beecher

Sophia was excited.¹ She was an avid hat pin collector and her new hat pin was scheduled to arrive today. Hat pins were how she remembered her grandmother Adassa. Her grandmother developed her interest in hat pins beauty and history. She wore her hat pins proudly on her work apron at the hardware store. It was one of the few things her boss allowed to be worn on her work hats or apron to express individuality. Sophia was as giddy as a child in anticipation of what was to arrive in her mail...

Allison was dropped off from her school bus. She opened the door to her home, walked in the kitchen, grabbed an orange to snack on and then headed to her bedroom to login to her laptop. She planned to login to her Facebook account to chat with friends about the days events at her middle school. She walked in her room and began screaming atop her lungs.

Ben jumped in his cobalt blue 2018 mustang convertible. His parents got him the car as a high school graduation gift. He picked up his date Charlotte. Ben was excited has he spent most of high school trying to get Charlotte's attention. After graduation and getting his new car, Charlotte took a new look at Ben and agreed to go out with him. Now, they were on the way to their first date at the movie theater on Westcreek and Westheimer. Ben planned for a romantic evening. They would eat dinner...

Charlie: I am tired of this. We argue over money, our faith, the dog, even the silly thermometer. I am tired of living in strife. This situation is maddening and I can't take it anymore. This is not working Susan, I want a divorce.

Things could not have been more different for Kelly. Exactly one year ago, she was on her own with no money, no place to stay and a broken heart. Her husband Pete took up with a new girlfriend 25 years his junior. He threw her belongings out on the lawn and locked her out of their home. Kelly suspected he was having yet another affair but did not think a break-up was in their future. During their fourteen years together, she looked the other way on Pete's infidelities because she did not have...