FireQuill Publications
The
Short Stories, Plays and Bible Studies of Kathy Kearney
The
Short Stories, Plays and Bible Studies of Kathy Kearney
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Humorous Short Stories
A Nickel’s Worth of Trouble
BY Kathy Kearney
BY Kathy Kearney
I was seven years old and spending a day with my grandmother. She gave me a nickel. It was the largest amount of money ever placed in my grubby little paw. Had I been at home, Mother would have made me get my piggy bank and promptly deposit this princely gift into Monsieur Swine's slot. But away from mother's vigilance, I played with the nickel. I spun it, set it on its edge, and tried flipping it in the air the way my uncles did. It was my first venture into the delights of avarice.
Look Back In Laughter
By Kathy Kearney
Until I was eleven, Mother always braided my hair into French braids. French braids start close to the temples and are woven more tightly than a regular braid. I hated them; they caused my eyes to pull back into little slits giving me the appearance of a migraine sufferer in a hurricane.
Small wonder that I loved short hair, dreamed of short hair, coveted short hair. I especially admired my friend Julie's haircut. It fell in soft waves over her ears and swept back in tender swirls across the nape of her neck. I pulled out all my eleven-year-old stops, begging mom for such a haircut. But her answer was always the same. "No, you are not getting your lovely, long, shiny hair cut, Kathy!” End of discussion.
