Tag: despair

• Washed Away with the Floodwater

  The old man adopted Kiddo in April at the suggestion of his eldest granddaughter. She told him a puppy would be good for him, what with a year of living alone under his belt. When she first offered the idea, just a short time after Julia went to the Lord and the walls of the…

  Dan Metzger

  September 6, 2015

  Fiction, Short Story

  death, despair, elderly, family, Fiction, flood, grandchildren, granddaughter, hope, Jack Russell Terrier, letters, life, love, memory, photo, photo album, river, romance, sleep, train, train track, walk

• Fodder for Retrospect

  

  The limp expression on his face was nothing new, but it still tore gently into Monica’s chest each time she looked at her son. With each tear in the fabric of motherhood, she buried the urge to give up, to send him to another doctor, to admit to the nagging suspicion that she might be…

  Dan Metzger

  August 19, 2015

  Fiction, Scene, Short Story

  art, bipolar, bipolar disorder, city, college, communication, creative writing, daughter, depression, despair, driving, family, Fiction, hope, love, mental health, mental illness, mother, music, psychology, scene, son