Where dreams are broken I walked into the law offices of Bennett & Associates. A young brunette woman greeted me with a smile, “Mr. Carver?” she asked.   I nodded, and she asked me to follow her to a large conference room. There sat Mom and my half-sister Rachel on one side of the table. I smiled at Mom’s Aunt Mable and her husband, Uncle Todd, who sat opposite them while ignoring my mother. Along the back wall were two men I didn’t know.   Mom grimaced at me, “What are you doing here?   “I...

Jake’s long blink opened to a flash of blinding light, and then red taillights whirled in front of him. The sound of metal crumbling scared his ears as a final bright light blinded him, and then everything went dark as death.   In the blackness, faint beeps and mummers echoed in his dreams, sounding like a life no longer his reality. He awoke to a stark white room with no walls, floors, or ceiling. A man appeared next to him without distinction or purpose.   The soft baritone voice spoke...

Comfortable Jeans Hello to all,   There have been many commentaries, writings, and books on the differences between men and women. If the differences had to be summed up in one word, I believe it would be “comfortable.” No other word in the English language has a broader connotation between the sexes. To a man, comfortable is something special and desirable. To a woman, comfortable is something ordinary and not worth having.   Men seek comfort in every endeavor they undertake. Whether it is...