by Valorie Quesenberry | Nov 30, 2018 | Christmas
Coffee. She needed coffee. Garner grabbed the pole nearest her as the subway slid into motion and mourned that her coffee hand was empty. Unlike about twenty others crammed up beside her. Seasoned New Yorkers, they were juggling portfolios, attaché cases, handbags,...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Oct 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
The trees were burnished gold outside her window. Beyond the road, Jenna could see the cornstalks drying in the late autumn sun. It was a gorgeous October day. She stuffed another sweater in the suitcase and grimaced as she zipped it shut. Packing light was a...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Sep 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Macbeth was gone. Someone must have forgotten to latch the lid. Katrin was taking a dog-eared library card from a 1st grader when her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the empty case. Her first thought was to bolt from her chair, but she squashed the urge...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Sep 8, 2018 | bookstore, coffee, college Bible college, freshman, library, romance, roommates, siblings
Sonoma slapped the cover of the book shut and stared out the window. The campus of the little Christian college was pretty in the autumn. Sugar maples and oaks scattered colorful leaves like a child shaking glitter from a bottle. The afternoon sun cast a tawny glow...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Aug 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Feelings of inadequacy and rejection are some of the most painful in human experience. And all of us have been acquainted with them. How we process them matters. Our disappointments don’t have to define us. This guest article is one that I asked my eldest...
