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Poem / Non-Fiction

February 05, 2025

Reads: 13

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

She carried more than a suitcase across the sea. She carried a name in two languages, a heart full of memories, and the longing of a home she left behind. Read More

Tags: family, immigration, angels, grandparents

A short story about a miserly grandfather and his grandchild. :D Read More

Tags: family, funny, grandparents

Tags: childhood, cleaning, grandparents, home-life

This short piece is devoted to the relationship I had with my grandfather. It highlights how he inspired a six-year-old to evolve into the woman I would become. Read More

Tags: loss, death, family, ancestors, grandparents

When a teenager takes charge at a family-owned water park, she becomes the teen boss of her grandparents. How will she handle their underperformance? Read More

Tags: fired, grandparents, summer-job, water-park, water-slide

Poem / Other

September 12, 2021

Reads: 645

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

The Writers' Tree House House

This poem is about the cemetery.... Hope you enjoy! :D Read More

Tags: grandparents, the-cemetery

Tags: grandchildren, grandmothers, grandparents

Pop’s Nona and Harris go for an exploring walk in the woods only to get lost and caught in a storm overnight, relying on Harris to find shelter and their way home. Read More

Tags: dog, hedgehog, grandparents, west-highland-terrier, westie

Tags: loss, death, depression, prose, grandparents

A short rhyming story about an act of kindness shown by a West Highland Terrier to his new friend, Hamish the Hedgehog, and what happens when he agrees to take Hamish band of Fleas on a short holiday..... Read More

Tags: dog, hedgehog, grandparents, west-highland-terrier, westie

A final visit to the family farm before being sold elicits memories and mourning. Read More

Tags: family, grandparents

Short Story / Young Adult

October 08, 2020

Reads: 1333

Comments: 6

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

A short heartwarming story about a girl and her grandfather who pick blueberries as a tradition every summer. © Copyright 2020 BriannasBooks Read More

Tags: happiness, tradition, grandparents

Tags: cancer, grandparents

Short Story / Flash Fiction

October 27, 2018

Reads: 1134

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What do you really know about your family? Would it fill a poem, or a novel, or just be a blank page? Bert seems to wonder. Read More

Tags: family, parents, grandparents

Tags: love, fate, grandparents, 50s

Poem / Poetry

March 26, 2018

Reads: 854

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem about one of the best family members I have ever had. Read More

Tags: religion, grandma, owl, grandparents, 1920s

Tags: paper, farm, siblings, grandparents, north-dakota

A young girl discovers the mystery of where her grandparents disappeared too after they were dead and found there treasure to save there parents home from being Foreclosed upon. Read More

Tags: grandparents

Poem / Poetry

February 21, 2017

This poem is about two-year-old twin toddlers that lost their parents during wartime in Iraq. Their parents were friends of mine. I was stationed at the same base in northern California. The grandparents (who were wonderful) adopted the twins. The twins were their whole life. While writing this poem I'm… Read More

Tags: love, adoption, grandparents

Poem / Poetry

September 23, 2016

Tags: love, childhood, time, grandmother, grandparents

They didn’t have a right to ask me of things when they had stolen away everything. But when they did, I was the biggest, fattest and ugliest liar ever. Life was cruel that way. Read More

Tags: love, loss, death, depression, teen, hope, life, picture, memories, grief, mother, sorrow, growing, save, grandpa

A small girl has a bad start in life, but finishes well. Read More

Tags: girl, houses, shop, grandparents, audio-version

When you reach the age that your family sends you off to a place that's called a "home", you'd be surprised at the treatment of your loved one's. What you're paying for, what Medicare pays for. It's no wonder your loved one does everything they can to prove that they… Read More

Tags: death, parents, suffering, medication, nursing, homes, elderly, premature, grandparents

Short Story / Other

February 09, 2014

Reads: 611

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is just a little piece of the day of my birth and about a family member who I never really got to meet but I will always know. Like I said before, everything I write for all of you is true. Read More

Tags: family, memories, birthday, parents, loved, grandparents

Poem / Poetry

January 10, 2014

Memories are what make us happy, what make us who e are. They are the building blocks for our personalities. Read More

Tags: food, man, memories, happiness, holidays, grandparents, anatomy

Poem / Poetry

November 02, 2013

Reads: 735

Comments: 13

The Booksie Classic House

Have you ever HOPED for something to happen? Something that might make your life perfect? I have. Most of the time, hoping (Or wishing but whatever) something can help you. But sometimes, it's not gonna happen. (This poem is fiction. This isn't about me or people that I know. This… Read More

Tags: death, friendship, hope, boyfriend, future, broken, past, parents, present, sibling, runaway, grandparents, no_time, crushed

The thoughts of an old women who has gotten alzheimers. She sits alone in her room looking at an old photo album. Read More

Tags: children, family, god, hope, life, memories, youth, happiness, sadness, hospital, forgotten, angels, sickness, health, photos

A short piece about my my grandmother's house in Virginia. Read More

Tags: family, memories, nostalgia, grandparents

Three grandfathers decide to put youngsters on the straight and narrow. Read More

Tags: divorce, grandchildren, grandparents, upbringing, audio-version

Abbey hates to admit it. She hated it more than anything. that she was scared. The truth was, yes.. she was really, really scared. But she never wanted to admit it for anyone. Not even for herself. But for what? For what was she so scared of? well, basically everything.… Read More

Tags: love, abuse, school, high, pain, alone, dreams, change, house, scared, young, mom, parents, teenagers, grandpa

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