Jonathan Braunstein

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

Stories (3)

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“Time to Confess” by Jonathan Braunstein

Submitted to Contest #107

We tended to stay up late, my wife and I, but the decision we had to face was important enough to make sure that our son, Hunter, was asleep when we had our discussion. He being at the age of six, that was no easy task, especially during the summer.  We sought to give him the best day ever, and engaged in all sorts of activities we knew he would love. We spent the day at to the beach, visited the vintage arcade on the boardwalk, and ate cherry-flavored snow cones as the sun began to set. After wrangling him into his bed clothes, he ...

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“Finding Family” by Jonathan Braunstein

Submitted to Contest #96

Dear Diary…Today, as I sat on a comfortable sofa with a soft cozy blanket, I once again realized how lucky I am. Life wasn’t always this way for me. It’s difficult to determine whether I have adopted my family or if they have adopted me. Perhaps we mutually decided. I never imagined my life would turn out this way.When I was very young I was placed into ‘the system’ for adoption with my two brothers. I never knew my father, and I don’t really know what happened to my mother. I have a few vague memories of her, but I was very young when I was...

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“Not good, not good, not good!” by Jonathan Braunstein

Submitted to Contest #94

It probably hasn’t gone unnoticed by you that men and women often have… different tendencies. One of the vast differences that I have noted are the weird and inexplicable acceptable behaviors concerning ‘Public Restroom Etiquette.’ Let’s be completely honest about it, once you walk past the door marked with whatever gender you identify with, the social norms that one lives by outside the restroom are replaced by a whole new set that only exist in the lavatory setting. I will not propose to fully know what the rules are for females. I have ...

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Author bio

I love sharing stories, fiction and non-fiction, and I hope that I am good at doing it! Pastor for 20 years+. I strive to love God and people as best as I am able.