Lauren Penfound
Bio
Single mum living in the most beautiful part of BC, Canada. I love writing and podcasting, baking cakes and snowboarding.
Stories (2/0)
Pulling Out Should Never Be Plan A
The beach picnic with the “You Can’t Sit With Us” trio had been planned for that Friday night for over a week. A last minute venue change due to weather and time change due to bullshit at work put a tiny hiccup in the plans. We were now meeting an hour and half later than planned at the playground/picnic area of our favorite local park. I sat on a bench waiting for Jess and Shan to arrive as my little girls ran around the equipment, making friends with the sixth graders playing “grounders”. After checking my messages and responding to a long distance friend, I spotted an open picnic table in perfect proximity to the playground. I wandered over to it, only to spot a tall, good looking man in a button up denim shirt, casually making jokes with a group of people not 25 feet from me.
By Lauren Penfound3 years ago in Filthy
Great Uncle Claude's
The last place that Catlin wanted to be that Saturday was in the stuffy attic of her great uncle’s farmhouse. She let out a big sigh and lifted another box off the ground, moving it in to the light. Her father walked past her and patted her shoulder, smiling down at her. She scowled back at him and returned her attention to the box. Her Great Uncle Claude had been something of a godfather to her, though her family wasn’t particularly religious. He was present at all the important moments of her life, her first birthday, her first day of school, her first driver’s test – which she had failed, and he had confided that he too had failed his first attempt. And then he’d let her drive his brand new V8 Camaro to the beach and back as a show of confidence in her ability. Catlin had secretly hoped that Claude would be around to walk her down the aisle alongside her father. But that was a dream she’d let go of six months ago when Claude had succumbed to his questionable lifestyle choices, dying of a heart attack at the age of 68.
By Lauren Penfound3 years ago in Families
