Author Archives: eportugal4
Chance Encounter with an Old Friend — Kerry – 7/20/2016
Chance Encounter with an Old Friend July 20, 2016 While delivering fundraiser items for my daughter’s school trip the other day, I stumbled upon a friend. We reminisced, as old friends do, inquiring about each other’s well-being and families. We … Continue reading
18 Summers- July 15th, 2016 – Elaina Portugal
18 Summers-Elaina Portugal July 15, 2016 Dear Reader, Eighteen Summers. That’s all we get. If we’re lucky. Eighteen summers to mold them into caring, compassionate, strong human beings. Eighteen summers to teach them how to be confident, independent, and … Continue reading
Words at War — Kerry – 7/7/2016
Words at War July 7, 2016 I’m a struggling suburban housewife. Our car is broken and our basement and yard flooding. We scramble to pay bills, like many in the United States, yet we get by. We remain relatively healthy … Continue reading
Lip Service — Colleen – 7/1/2016
Lip Service July 1, 2016 He never knew what hit him, that young man in the restaurant who for some reason hailed three middle-aged ladies dining at the table beside him. Suave and handsome, he only meant to spread his … Continue reading
Fathers Know — Kerry – 6/23/2016
Fathers Know June 23, 2016 I’ve been blessed by having some amazing men in my life. For years, my father worked two jobs to provide for his family. He poured love into the activities we shared, from weekends in the … Continue reading
I’m Going to Shoot Her – Elaina – June 18th, 2016
I’m Going to Shoot Her – Elaina Portugal June 18th, 2016 Dear Reader- As many of you may know, I own a retail store. We sell open box returns and new items that have box damage that we get from … Continue reading
Shootout on Wycliffe Drive — Colleen – 6/3/2016
Shootout on Wycliffe Drive 3 June 2016 I grew up in west suburban Houston, Texas on a sleepy street called Wycliffe Drive. I led the kind of life you hear us Gen-Xers mourning these days. We were the last kids … Continue reading
Charles O. — Kerry – 5/30/2016
Charles O. May 30, 2016 My Pap Pap hesitated when talking about the worst aspects of the war. No matter how much I asked, he evaded. I knew he served in the US Army during World War II, so I … Continue reading
The Tango Lesson — Amanda – 5/26/2016
The Tango Lesson May 26, 2016 I took up tango dancing almost twenty years ago. Around the time I began, Sally Potter released The Tango Lesson, an autobiographical film about the tension between artists and their art. In the film, … Continue reading
Heavy Lifting — Kerry – 5/23/2016
Heavy Lifting May 23, 2016 I think everyone gets there, that point where the weight of the world threatens to crush us beneath. We are not Atlas. We are not designed to shoulder the burdens of a beleaguered world. Yet … Continue reading
One Year of Letters 