help – The Word's Out

Flight Attendant

by Brenda B on March 5, 2014 with No Comments

By Brenda Black The airline attendant ushered the pale and trembling young woman down the aisle of the plane. At 33,000 feet in the air, she weaved her way to an empty seat just across from me, where the stewardess … Read More

Powerful Storms and Personal Scars

by Brenda B on July 2, 2013 with No Comments

By Brenda Black Giant trees uprooted. Branches strewn across a freshly cut lawn. Leaves and twigs litter a stretch along either side of the highway about a half mile long. No news will cover this small swath of a summer … Read More

by Brenda B on March 21, 2013 with No Comments

It’s All Greek to Me By Brenda Black Zeus, the head honcho in Greek mythology, punished a Titan named Atlas by forcing him to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. When Hercules sought the help of the … Read More

Help, I Need Somebody

by Brenda B on January 27, 2011 with No Comments

By Brenda Black “And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, ‘The thing that you are doing is not good. “’You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; … Read More