The Ramblings of Faith Short Stories

The Ramblings of Faith by Faith Wright-Draper

After over 30 years of working on authoring a book based on my life I have given up. As the old saying goes though, "when the going gets tough the tough get going" I am thrilled to announce the beginnings of "The Ramblings of Faith" a collection of short stories from my past.

Currently I am publishing on Associated Content and Helium but retain all rights to these stories. They are rough presently but would greatly appreciate any constructive critiques (feel free to contact me via e-mail address below'contact Faith'). My hope is that every reader will leave with something whether it be a laugh, a cry, some encouragement, or simply a 'been there done that'.

They Created Me In the beginning God created heaven and earth but in my beginning my parents created me. It wasn't any great momentous moment but it was the start of many years to follow filled with events, people, and happenings that I will never forget. Read more »	My Paternal Grandparents I wonder sometimes if Grandparents realize what an impact they have on their grandchildren. I was blessed to have 4 grandparents in my life that I have always known loved me with all their hearts. Read more »	The Mouse in the Tree and My Grandfather I had gone to spend the night with Grandma which I did from time to time and my handsome Grandfather was there for one of his short visits also. I don't remember much about that visit such as how long Grandpa was there or why but when it was bedtime I remember it Read more »
The Apple Orchard and the Snake Just imagine life with ten or so children in the house and a small Michigan farm as their playground. My aunt and uncle had their own family plus the children of another aunt who had passed away, and myself and my sister to care for. Read more »	What is that Smell? I was a frill sickly child when I went to live with my father and step-mother at the age of 7. I don't know that I'd ever owned a tooth brush until then and suffered from malnutrition. Read more »	The First Time I Met My Extra Grandparents Having parents that divorced at a young age I have managed over the years to acquire several extra sets of grandparents. That is something most kids would even. Grandparents are great and who wouldn't love to have more Read more »
Grandpa, the Ice Cream Parlor, and the Swing One set of my grandparents were the most wonderful people in the world. Oh, I know they had some faults but in my eyes they were the greatest ever and I saw nothing at all wrong with them. I loved spending time with my grandparents Read more »	Grandpa, the Ice Cream Parlor, and the Swing Continued Grandpa and I were to build a swing but while in town getting the needed supplies we stopped at the ice cream parlor and I ate too much ice cream. Read more »	Harry Get Closer to Her In a previous story I told about my extra grandparents. They were the parents of a special step-mother in my life. Well, I can't think back now without thinking of the day that made the words, "Harry get closer to her" stick in my mind forever. Read more »

The Early Piano Lessons For many years my grandparents lived in a house that was closer to a shack than a house by most standards. It had been built during the depression with whatever materials could be found available on the family farm. Read more »	My Grandma the School Teacher Over the years I've talked to many people who as children didn't know what their grandparents did for a living except for being grandparents. That wasn't so with me. Read more »	The Halloween Party It's interesting at times to learn the different memories that different members of the same family have. One of those memories was one I had completely forgotten about but one of my sisters remembers fondly. The Halloween Party Read more »
A Survival of Parental Abduction Do parents realize at all what they are putting their child through when they decide to abduct a child from a custodial parent? I think not because if they did, if they are any kind of a parent I don't believe they would subject a young one to the trauma that is caused. Read more »	Faith and the Spider For as long as I can remember I've had a fear of spiders. I was the one who screamed bloody murder at the first sight of even the smallest creepy little thing. It wasn't until just a few years ago that I found any reason at all for my fear. Read more »	The Cinderella Story Gives Step-Mothers a Bad Name We've most all heard the story of Cinderella. Her father passed away and Cinderella was left to be raised, used by her 'wicked' step mother and cater to her 2 step-sisters wishes and needs. This childhood story has left a bad impression Read more »
In the Presence of God It was a mid-January night in Michigan. The wind was howling outside shaking the house and whistling through a few gaps in window moldings; it wasn't snowing but very easily could. Read more »		Demons and Angels It was a beautiful summer day and my youngest son had been hours out by the swamp near our house building a fort with a friend. I sat at my computer in the living room responding to emails and doing a little work on the web site. Read more »