A is for Awww

I don't know where the inspiration for the topic came from. I write fantasy, not children's books or sweet romance. Sword fights and evil mages don't make for awwww moments. Maybe it was the picture I saw on social media of a dog wearing a plastic cone after a visit to the vet. The awww came from a cat curled up in the cone and sleeping next to the dog's head as if comforting his friend.

Then I saw a soldier. Her desert camouflage made me realize the why of the title. Heart and Sand is a multi-genre collection of twelve tales of those who served on the battle front, and the stories of the loved ones left behind who preserved the homefront. "The Walk" is a contemporary short story and tells of events that are reenacted every day, especially around the holidays.

In an airport walkaway, a grandmother holds a sleeping child. The reason the grandmother is the caregiver is that the child's mother had been recalled back into military service and deployed overseas. The awww comes when the child awakes, sees someone walk from the crowd of deplaning passengers and asks, "Is this my present?"

Sometimes the question is the answer. Heart and Sand - available in print and ebook at Amazon. A more complete list of ebook sellers is at books2read.

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~till next time, Helen