Growing up is difficult. It can be a lonely and frightening experience if you let it. It's even harder if your parents are divorced. And although there are times when you'll do things you know aren't correct, remember you're never alone. In life each of us is on a journey. It's filled with questions and answers, rights and wrongs; choices and lessons. It often goes by the name "self discovery." No two lives can ever be totally the same, nor are any two journeys; like fingerprints, yours is totally unique to you. But there is one common bond in all of our paths and that is the presence of...

Age 13+ Grandparents and Great-Grandparents are the foundation of a family. Come read about "Gramps and Nana," their family and a very special summer cottage tucked away in rural Wisconsin. This is a story about nature, fun and relaxation ... but it also tells about the special relationship a boy of divorce has with his great-grandparents. Share the legends or myths he heard while growing up every summer at this special retreat. Be there when Nana teaches him many valuable life lessons that he uses his entire life. Share in the happiness and the sorrow of one family as they truly experience...

Growing up in the 1970's was memorable. The free love era of the 1960's was still around and growing and the sexual diseases of the 1980's hadn't surfaced yet. Still, being a teenager during this time period was difficult, and being a child of divorce didn't help the situation. Teenage years are difficult ones... Trying to find yourself and the self-discovery of who you want to be can be time consuming. Throw in searching for acceptance and happiness missing from your home and you're looking at a complicated set of years.

Thundering hooves. Shouts and cheers Quickly spoken words and moments of anticipation. Flashes of the lean creatures as they go by being directed by focused riders in colorful silks. That unmistakable scent of dust and horse. And the lure of money, lots and lots of money.Many people enjoy the sport of horse racing. Then there are the others, those who go too far. Bobby Tucker is one of them. Once he was a casual fan, but then something came over him- 'the fog' is what his father, an ex-gambler himself, called it. 'Your demon' is what someone else tells him he needs to get under control. A...

Meet Vern, an older gentleman disillusioned with where his life has led him. Is there anything that can help him come to grips with it? When his teenage grandson suggests a trip to the small coal mining town where he grew up to revisit the times of his past, at first Vern is hesitant. Will this trip help him break out of his funk? Philip Nork's This House is a Home is another in his 'a person never knows when someone will enter their life and broaden their horizons forever' themed stories.