love Archives

9 Jul 2023

An unexpected present

Come, let me open it for you. A present, with a nice ribbon and a festive wrapping paper, lies on your lap. But it is not your birthday. You feel happ…

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28 May 2023

Creation

It was an evening like many, a shared homely meal, telling each other how our respective day went. But after dinner Lise poured herself another glass …

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3 Sep 2022

The garden house

We moved in a couple of weeks ago. The house is only one store, and there was just one extra bedroom, in case my wife’s parents came to visit. The gar…

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1 May 2022

Child memories

When I was a child, eating at the restaurant was no very common. Even when money had not been an issue, in the few golden years my parents had before …

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17 Dec 2021

First love

My first love was not a man, but a city. A crowded, ugly and dirty city, where people never looked into each other’s eyes except for the occasional gl…

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19 Oct 2021

The split of a second

She was silent. She was looking at this stranger next to her with a questioning look. She did not really care about what he had to say. She wanted him…

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2 Aug 2021

No more side by side

As I take a sip of water, the liquid goes in the wrong pipe and split it all over trying to free my airways. My hands are shaking, my heart is racing.…

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8 Jul 2021

Summer love turns to autumn

“Stephane, wait…your umbrella,” I heard my mother shouting. As the sweet rain was caressing my face, I surprised myself as I became aware of a whisper…

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6 Jun 2021

Feeling folding

I heard my mom open the door. I kept playing with my Barbie and waited. If she shouted, she was home, I knew she would be a nice mom that night. If sh…

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25 May 2021

Unmoulded

“How many children are born but never been loved?” The voice vibrated in the room like an echo, the woman’s gaze was lost in the emptiness, her face e…