Marie McGrath
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Things that have saved me:
Animals
Music
Sense of Humor
Writing
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Did I tell you this already?. Top Story - April 2025.
I’m out of ideas. Except for this idea, I guess, to write about it. It sobers one when the mind goes its merry way, never bothering to take stock of current inventory so as it can provide hints and subject matter as required in functioning society.
By Marie McGrath11 months ago in Confessions
Like a house on fire
The fireplace had breathed its last in the wee hours of that morning. Powdery grey ash now lounged where hot flames had sprung to life only hours before. It was Sam's job to clean it out every morning, and he hated doing it. But Jill had said he didn't do enough around the house, and she had been really angry about that this time.
By Marie McGrath11 months ago in Fiction
My Pandemic Pastime
And, then, Nicholas. “Don’t call me Nick; if my parents wanted me called Nick, they’d have called me ‘Nick’,” arrived into this world that Lena so coveted as one that was insular, and which she had no interest in changing, despite its many difficulties. While she drew comfort and enjoyment from her small family, she viewed the rest of the world with skepticism, hating so many aspects of it that she was loathe to leave its confines.
By Marie McGrath11 months ago in Chapters
My Pandemic Pastime
In Part One: After their abusive father abandons them, Lena and her sister, Stella, live with their mother Sylvie. Stella continually outshines her younger sister, Lena, but Lena takes it in stride. As teens, they work at a restaurant together when, at 17, Stella finds she is preganant and doesn't want their mother to know.
By Marie McGrath11 months ago in Chapters
