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Susan Traugh

Indoor Rain

By Susan Traugh

Indoor Rain

“Mommy! Mommy! Come quick! It’s a miracle – it’s raining in the house!” My daughter could barely contain herself as she hopped up and down with the exciting news. I ran to the family room to discover she was, in fact, correct. Like little natives, my three children were dancing, chanting and whooping with joy [...]

Somebody

By Susan Traugh

Somebody

I was at yet another business function for my husband, Steven, when a woman we know sidled up between us. A colleague of his, she wore her Ph.D. like body armor while her tongue shot poison arrows – and I was her favorite target. Loyal Steven instantly began to brag about my new book agent. [...]

Lightning Strike

By Susan Traugh

Lightning Strike

I’d already kissed a thousand frogs. But no one had turned into a prince. One by one, I’d watched my friends find love and marry. One by one they’d moved on while I stood alone and rejected. I was thirty-three; craving marriage; dreaming of happily ever after. Yet, a national woman’s magazine that year said [...]

More Than Skin Deep

By Susan Traugh

More Than Skin Deep

The plumber just told me what an attractive woman I am. And I’ve thought about it all day. There would have been a time, two or three decades ago, when I’d have never given such a statement a second thought. There was a time when I expected men to find me attractive; when I knew [...]

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