The following is a short story inspired from an excerpt from the memoir Sergeant Nibley, Ph.D by Alex Nibley: “The father was holding the hand of a boy about 10 years old and speaking to him[…]
Tag: innocence
Three Questions
Watching Life is Beautiful inspired me to ask myself a few questions which I have chosen to answer in through this blog. What is innocence? The beauty of an unaffiliated, uninfluenced, and non-corrupt mind; pureness.[…]
Lost: Innocence
A word. To express love and encouragement. To be pronounced with the imitation of a baby’s voice by an adult or elder. To be filled with pure happiness and fulfillment. Until the word is used to[…]
Sleep
The whole situation had suddenly changed from a joyful celebration of the New Year to death knocking at the door. I was in the lounge, sharing my first kiss with a boy I had met a few[…]
The Crease
A baby. She was small enough to fit in one of my hands, completely bald but still the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. At night, her wails were like torture to me. Siena[…]