How Things Were: A Serialized Story

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We share a quick update on the novella we’re finishing, then read a new chapter that follows May as a single moment finally snaps the last thread of hope. Her story moves from an ugly homecoming into years of miscarriage, stillbirth, and a marriage strained by silence, ending on a sweltering ride toward a mysterious tent meeting. 
• progress on the novella draft and cover art 
• May’s shock and grief after walking into the old house 
• the marriage that has been failing for years 
• a lifetime shaped by a dying father and slow suffering 
• recurrent miscarriage and the public pain of infant loss 
• stillbirth grief and the hollow ache that lingers 
• shame, jealousy, and fear of never feeling normal again 
• family comfort that turns into resentment 
• distance between spouses after repeated loss 
• a carriage ride to an uncertain preacher’s meeting 

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I introduce How Things Were, my ongoing collection of short stories inspired by real family memories and the storytellers who raised me. Then I read Part One, “Dust On The Road,” where Herbert faces hunger, abandonment, and the fragile relief of his grandmother’s visit. 

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