by Valorie Quesenberry | Jul 9, 2019 | relationships
I was driving on the West Virginia turnpike when I saw the signs, big letters announcing the presence of an adult store just a few miles up the road. The name was insulting. I was incensed for the prophet Daniel; what do they know about a “lion’s den?” It seems I can...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Dec 5, 2017 | adult children, Christmas, Christmas village, December, relationships, short story
Marian held her breath and opened the box. She peered inside. Just as she had thought. The clinking sound was the pieces of her porcelain church – the centerpiece of her tiny Christmas village. Broken. She could hardly believe it. This village had survived four moves,...
by Valorie Quesenberry | Mar 12, 2014 | marriage, relationships
Heroes and TreasuresIt’s taken for granted, at least according to the common line of humor, that married couples are bored with each other. And some even go so far as to suggest that it is natural for them to be at odds with one another. It’s supposed to be funny that...