Sanford’s Turn It had been a week now and Daniel didn’t feel like he had any better answers. Rather, he didn’t feel like he had any answers at all. Moreover, even though he would see Russell at his house, he hadn’t been back at school since they had gotten the news about his brother. While it was uncomfortable it still seemed removed from his home life. Then one day it seemed everything else seemed to crumble. Daniel and his family … Continue reading →
Daniel’s First Question Is Answered It was a sunny autumn day and the first day back to school when Daniel received the answer to his question. He had been asking himself how they would know something happened to Sanford but it never occurred to him that he might learn the answer at the expense of his best friend’s family. Daniel and Russell had ridden the bus together that morning and in the excitement they found themselves talking about what it … Continue reading →
A Summer of Fun Running up to catch a pop-up fly to center field Daniel threw the ball to the pitcher and hustled back to 3rd base only to find himself thinking about their last letter from Sanford. “There’s a lot of fighting going on over here and I can’t go into much detail but I’m doing ok”, Sanford had said. He’d gone on to write that he didn’t know when he’d be coming home. One of his friends had … Continue reading →
Missing Sanford Time seemed to drag on and the first few weeks after Sanford left everything seemed eerily quiet around the house but, as time would have it, some sense of routine returned. As the days passed, and before the sun became so hot that all you could think of was a cool shady spot, Daniel and Russell would head out on their bikes soon after breakfast and throw a few balls or get some batting practice in at the … Continue reading →
The Graduation Party Daniel could feel the sun streaming through the window and knew that today was going to be another brilliantly warm June day and as he lay there, unwilling to part with his comfortable pillow and cool sheets, he knew something was different and he was scared. He was only 8 years old and for a kid, it was the “not knowing what was going on” that was the hardest. Sanford, Daniel’s brother, was leaving home today, Daniel … Continue reading →
