Valeta Rhodes

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“First Kiss” by Valeta Rhodes

Submitted to Contest #237

FIRST KISS “Are you on your way to your mother’s, my love? The weather seems to be taking a turn.” He spoke clearly into the phone to relay his declaration of love and the hint of concern. I heard ownership and an unsolicited weather report.   “Yes, I’m on my way.” I was running late, and it couldn’t be helped. My class had run long and my walk to the stop was hampered by my desire to be anywhere but with my mother, who would enthusiastically want to converse about him, the older man from across the po...

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After thirty-one years as a public-school music teacher and more than forty years as a freelance musician/private teacher, I am beginning my third chapter. I have mothered two human beings into their twenties and two felines into their teens. I have been a wife to one husband for almost twenty-five years. While my resume reveals multiple college degrees and extensive work experience, as well as entrepreneurial adventures, what might not be evident is my intense desire to pursue my lifelong passion---writing.