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Touch of Love:
Short Story Collection
by Chelle Cordero
An Empty House
No matter how many times I turned the key in the lock the room within was always empty. I kept waiting for the day he would return. I told him that I would wait as long as it took until he came back to me.
I missed my husband, I missed sleeping next to him every night, and I missed seeing him every morning as he dressed for work. Someone else was preparing his meals now, someone else was watching over him as he slept. So many days and weeks had passed as I cried myself to sleep every night… alone.
He left suddenly late one night in December. We had made plans to celebrate the holidays with the family, but our plans fell flat and there were no celebrations. I never expected him to leave our home like that and for me to be left all alone in that house, it seemed so big without him there. It hurt that I had to make arrangements just to see him, I even needed permission, and it had to be convenient for someone else’s schedule. Every time I called his phone just to say hello a female voice always answered and I had to ask if she would let me speak to him. My heart was breaking.
Our kids rallied around but they have their own lives, their own families and their own homes to go back to. I couldn’t keep depending on them, I wasn’t sure what my future held and I couldn’t keep them from living their own. I had to force myself to look strong for them, for my husband and most of all for me.
Even works of fiction reflect on the author’s life and experiences
and Touch of Love was truly inspired by lots of personal stories.
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Have you lived through a disaster?
Hi, I appreciate your assistance. I will be using your personal experiences for a book I am writing about surviving disasters (natural, man-made, technological, etc.) The only identification I am requesting is your FIRST name; any other ID offered will be kept in my personal file in case I need to contact you for more info and will be destroyed upon completion of the manuscript.
If you have lived through a disaster of any kind your responses will be extremely helpful to this project.
You can copy the questions with your responses into an email and send that to me at ChelleCordero@gmail.com ~or~ you can download the .doc (http://bylines333.com/?attachment_id=661), fill in the responses and attach it to an email mailed to ChelleCordero@gmail.com , whichever is easier for you.
Please put DISASTER in the subject line. Please respond as soon as possible.
Email is my preferred method to receive responses, however if you would like you can snail-mail the form to me at: By-Lines; POB 333; Tomkins Cove NY 10986.
1) What region of the country/world do you live in and what type of disaster has occurred?
2) Can you give a brief description of what your living conditions were before the disaster (ie: single family home, trailer, apartment complex)?
3) What was the extent of damage and losses to your family and home?
4) Did you have any warnings of the impending disaster? If so, what preparations did you make?
5) What resources were available to you to assist you and your family after the disaster?
6) Were you able to recover after the disaster and resume a “normal” life? How long did this recovery take?
7) What were permanent losses that could not be recovered?
8) What changes have you made to avoid or decrease your losses if future disasters occur?
9) Based on your experience, what advice would you give to others to mitigate losses and safeguard their families?
10) Any other comments?
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