by Ann Lee Miller | Sep 4, 2015 | Blog, Florida Southern College, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
I stared at the bulletin board outside the mailroom, heart racing. A flush picked its way across my skin. I peeked down at the letter, its familiar script pulsing with possibility in my palm. Students jockeyed around me. He really had written. The words Student... by Ann Lee Miller | Jul 3, 2015 | Ashland OH, Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, Miami FL- Living Aboard a Sailboat, New Smyrna Beach FL
The fairytale ending I’d hoped would happen between me and Dad—didn’t. I matured. Dad mellowed into middle age. But we still muddled through life in the emotional ruts we’d laid down long ago. The only thing that shifted in my teens was the balance of power. While I’d... by Ann Lee Miller | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
A wet breeze ruffled my red, white and blue tassel as I stood behind the bleachers with a clipboard, lining up my classmates for graduation—my last duty as vice president of the New Smyrna Beach High School Class of 1976. Ordinary kids from small-town, ocean-side... by Ann Lee Miller | Nov 21, 2014 | Blog, Just The Facts Fridays, New Smyrna Beach FL
[Photo by By Alex Talmon] Mom pulled our green Plymouth Duster in front of New Smyrna Beach High School smack at the front walkway teeming with football players and cheerleaders. I could tell by the “cool” wafting off them in waves. “No! Not here! Drive up further.”...