Carl Lance

Two Endings

     My wife and I finished watching the last episode of a British television drama.  I didn’t particularly like the series but watching it gave us something to do together.  After several episodes I became familiar with the storyline and looked forward to seeing what would happen next.  I also got to know the main […]

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Stones

     My wife and I just finished making a flower bed in front of our house.  It is covered in a layer of small white stones and looks much better than the patch of weeds that had been there before.  Nothing will grow among the stones, because we dug up the weeds and put a

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The Exam

I prepared for days for this one exam. I put aside less important things so I would be ready. There were instructions I had to follow. I didn’t want to be disqualified before it began or have my results invalidated after I thought I was finished. This was important, so I sacrificed and went without

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Someone Special!

     It was Sophia’s Birthday and we wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday and let her know how much we love her even though we lived all the way in Beijing. That was her special day, and she deserved a little extra attention. It took a bit of doing with the time difference,

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Stumps

     When we moved into our house, I put off working on the neglected yard.  I wanted to wait until I had time.  Because of its poor condition, the yard took more time and effort to maintain than I wanted to spend on it.  My wife started nagging me to make time and fix the

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