Stories tagged “single parent”

  • Grounded

    We could always tell when he was really asleep. His slippers would slide off his feet, and the remote would drop from his grip. He slept sprawled on his stomach. He was so tall, his feet always dangled off the edge of the bed. We would tip-toe right up...

  • Merry? She was hammered.

    Christmas comes but five times a year, there’s never any warning and woe betide any liquor you might have stashed. First indication is your neighbours phoning you at work and telling you your house alarm has been wailing and wailing, your side wi...