Betty M Reeves

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2024

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“Sunday Afternoon In April” by Betty M Reeves

It was a lazy spring day in 1930. Our family had all changed out of our Sunday-go-to-meetin’ clothes. We had eaten a delicious noontime dinner of fried chicken and all the trimmings. Momma and my older sister, Opal, were busy in the kitchen. Daddy had taken his button-up shirt and his t-shirt off and was napping on the sofa in the living room.After feeding leftover corn and peas to the chickens, I played outside with Cousins Eva and Molly. Eva was 9 and I was 8. Molly was only 5.We were having fun, but the April day in southern Oklahoma...

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“Alice” by Betty M Reeves

Submitted to Contest #253

For thirty-three years, Alice had loved teaching various mathematics in the local junior high school. Classes began at 8 am and continued until 4 pm, with a short lunch break and a conference period. Because she wanted to help students outside of class time, she had tutorials several days a week with a few eighth graders before school, beginning at 7:15 am., and some seventh graders after school, until 4:45 pm.When she went home, she usually set about grading papers. She took a break to have her evening meal and watch the news. Lately, the n...

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“The Proof” by Betty M Reeves

Submitted to Contest #251

Ten years ago, my husband and I took the vacation of a lifetime in Ireland. We had chosen a self-driving, on the left side of the narrow roads, castle-hotels trip. We quickly decided this was the cleanest, greenest landscape with the friendliest people of any place we had ever been. Before leaving Dublin, we went to Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, where we heard a children’s choir sing in glorious, perfectly-pitched acoustical harmony. We drove to Trim Castle of County Meath, the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland and the locale used for...

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“Not Home” by Betty M Reeves

Submitted to Contest #239

Emma wakes up, stretches in bed. Cautiously, she opens her eyes, looks around. Ah, yes. She remembers. This is the other house, the one that is not home. She rolls out of the soft, over-stuffed, quilt-laden bed. She walks to the only dresser, sits, looks in the metal-framed mirror leaning against the wall. Her reflection reveals a thirty-something woman with golden-copper hair, long and wavy. Stuck in the edge of the metal frame, a photo smiles at Emma. Her husband. A year before his untimely death. She puts one finger to her lips, kiss...

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Author bio

Betty M Reeves has written two music books, Melody Street: Story and Illustrations and Guitars & Folk Songs: An Anthology. The first was listed in the internationally recognized catalog, Kodaly-Related Publications. The Story of Glops, a Christian historical fiction series of nine books and two short stories for children, middle grades, and young adults. One of her books debuted at #1 New Release in Noah's Ark Stories on Kindle, and another debuted at #1 Teen and Young Adult Christian Bible Stories on Amazon. Two others were nominated for the Christian Indie Awards. Betty is an author, producer, self-publisher, arranger/composer, church musician, and retired music teacher. Betty’s Music & Publishing is her company. She is a member of Christian Indie Books, Texas High Plains Writers Association, Word Weavers Critique Group, Literary Ladies Book Club, and First Baptist Church of Amarillo. Betty holds degrees from WTA&M and TTU. She and her husband, Glenn, live in Borger and Amarillo. They are blessed with five children, nine grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, and an adorable Yorkie.