Stories of Growing Up

Do you remember what it was like to be a young boy or girl?  If you’re like me, there are moments you’ve remembered all your life.  They may only be little things, things that you think no one else would remember or care about, but that were turning points for you. Stories of Growing Up are those kinds of stories.

It’s easy to forget that we faced moral choices long before we were adults, and that even then we could choose what we cared about and who we tried to be for ourselves and others. These stories remind us.

And now that we are grownups, it’s possible to see moments like these as both a child and an adult at the same time.  And we can see that the grownups in our childhood stories were more than like us than we realized.

These stories are funny, scary, angry, and serious, like growing up itself.

P.S. The story “Burning Embers” is meant to be a satire of  Stories of Growing Up.   It can be found in Blissful Morning.

Winter stories of growing up

The things that happen to us as children…we remember them all our lives.

In “Zazo” Frank has to choose what to do when asked to give up someone he loves.

In “Roaring Crowd”, Stephanie is the worst player on her school basketball team until this moment right now.

And in “Snare Drum”, Marty is the boy at the snare drum in the school Christmas assembly when it all falls apart.

These are touching and moral short stories of childhood written for adults.

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Stubborn

Winter into spring stories of growing up

The things that happen as children…we remember them all our lives.

In “The Red Stack”, Morgan is allowed to invite anyone to his birthday party. But who should he invite?

In “Trampoline”, a father and daughter discover that no amount of desire can make spring come faster.

And in “Stubborn”, a father and son turn a slushy day and a dull ax into a disaster.

These stories are wry, funny, and painful – literally and figuratively.

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Jeffrey’s Last Trick or Treat

Autumn stories of growing up

The things that happen to us as children…we remember them all our lives.

In “Show and Tell” a boy discovers what he has to show isn’t what he thinks it is.

In “Names of Saints”, John has a secret and the class bully wants it.

And in “Jeffrey’s Last Trick or Treat”, the toughest kid on the block faces something even more frightening than The Devil.

These are light-hearted short stories of childhood written for adults.

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