Annelise Lords
Bio
Annelise Lords writes short inspiring, motivating, thought provoking stories that target and heal the heart. She has added fashion designer to her name. Check out https: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtisticYouDesigns?
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Stories (251/0)
Thanking Consequences
“When you attempted to hire me, I asked if your son was innocent,” Albert Simms, the twelfth attorney Janice Grant tried to hire to defend her only son for the savage rape and murder of sixteen-year-old Melanie Anderson, said. “Why did you lie? I have been practicing law for more than thirty years. You thought I wouldn’t have found out the truth?”
By Annelise Lords 3 years ago in Humans
Raising Liability
"Anthony is refusing to work," Eve Clifford complains to her best friend Sandy Copeland at their weekly Saturday evening dinner. "I am still paying off his student loan. I don't know what else to do. It's like I have been raising a liability for the past twenty-eight years."
By Annelise Lords 3 years ago in Motivation
The Receiving End
“Thank you for coming, ladies,” Joshua Elliot said with a smile, pulling out the empty seat between Carla and Liza. “This better be delicious because I just postponed a date with Mr. Right,” Carla warns, snatching the menu the waiter left after serving them water and mixed nuts.
By Annelise Lords 3 years ago in Motivation
The Language of The Eyes
“Son,” Mrs. Anne Cambridge teased her only child. “You will never find a decent young lady to give me grandchildren if you spend all of your time working and building. Your last relationship was four years ago. Beverly is in heaven, and she needs you to be happy.”
By Annelise Lords 3 years ago in Motivation
Giving Thanks to AWARENESS
I was listening to James and Lionel talking. “I don’t understand,” James complained. “How did you get here? Twenty years ago, you were the wealthiest man in our hometown. You valued millions. Now you are the poorest. What happened?
By Annelise Lords 3 years ago in Motivation
The Bet
“Were you excited when you found out that you were going to have me?” 17-year-old Jennifer Blake quiz her mother. “Well,” her mother Pansy Hillburn pauses, swaying her head shoulder to shoulder, slowly slipping back to that moment in her life. Wrestling with the decision to give victory to lie or to the truth. The truth won, and she revealed, “I kinda lost a bet.”
By Annelise Lords 3 years ago in Motivation
With Reasons
At Andrews Community Center, waiting for the meeting to begin, a woman sitting in front of me complains. “Clarence,” she rants. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I have a damn good job, well paid too. I have no children and a guy who adores me. I have a mortgage-free home, and I am also debt-free. Why can’t I hold my life together? God knows I tried.”
By Annelise Lords 3 years ago in Motivation
Learning Patience by Walking on the Edge
As a child overwhelmed with curiosity, while growing up in a calmer and slower world, I had a lot of patience. Although I had an impatient life, I still managed to control my emotions because I believed that's the best way to learn.
By Annelise Lords 3 years ago in Motivation