Fallen Stones

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Author: Thomas M. Malafarina
mention the fact that the baby, eighteen-month-old Samuel would soon wake up from his afternoon nap, adding to the pandemonium. No, she supposed she would have to open the letter now, while the house was quiet and she had to time to give it her full attention.
    She thought about how much she treasured these quiet times when the two older kids were at school and the baby was asleep. These were times when she could get some housework done, or perhaps work on her book, or just sit around and contemplate life. She knew such precious moments would be available less and less when little Sammy eventually grew out of his need for afternoon naps. Plus it was the end of May, and school would soon be letting out for summer vacation. She had no idea how she would ever find time to work on her book when that happened.
    She knew Jason would be willing to do what he could to help her and give her some of the time she so desperately required, but there was always so much to do and she seemed to be pulled constantly in so many different directions. Stephanie feared her writing might once again fall by the wayside as it had before. She had only been able to resume writing for the first time in over ten years when school started last fall, and she had only agreed to do so after Jason had talked her into it.
    He had found one of her earlier children's books while he was unpacking a box when they moved into their townhouse. The book had been written years before they met. Jason was amazed to discover his new wife was a published author, and he encouraged her to return to her obvious passion. He learned how she had all but given up writing and illustrating children’s books when her daughter Cindy was born.
    At that time she had still been married to her first husband, Bill Sanders. Bill had not been in any way supportive of her writing, and there had always been so much tension and stress in their lives in the form of money problems, arguing and just general bickering. Each day the couple became more distant, drifting further apart and it became impossible for her to find the right mood to stimulate her creativity. Then later, when she caught old Billy boy in the act, so to speak, with the divorcee who lived in the house across the street, it was all over but the shouting.
    After her divorce, Stephanie was a single mom with primary custody of an infant daughter and practically no time for much of anything else, let alone time to consider working on books, so she simply stopped, promising herself she would get back to her work if things ever settled down.  During that time, she worked a full-time job and had to put Cindy into daycare. It was a vicious cycle for her. She needed the job and the medical benefits it provided to survive, and the cost of daycare was high and took a great deal of her money, so she had to keep working to be able to afford daycare. She also hated the idea of not being home with Cindy, but she had no choice.
    As a result, her evenings and weekends were dedicated to spending what little free time she had with Cindy. This designation of her free time was often like having a second a full-time job. Stephanie seemed to be constantly exhausted and stressed almost to the breaking point during those difficult years.
    Even when Cindy started elementary school, things had not yet settled down. Stephanie was still a single parent, still a working mom and still had to deal with all of the pressure and expense of the heavy responsibility. When she came home at night she had to make dinner, clean the house, do the laundry and try to find quality time for Cindy, who often helped her mother with the chores not only to free up some of her mother's time but also to be able to spend more time with her.
    The child support checks, which came regularly from Bill helped a bit, and on those two weekends a month when Cindy went to stay with Bill and his new wife, who Cindy liked to call "Jane the evil stepmother”, Stephanie spent her
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