I believe my Sonnets thread is still on the queue.
"First Love of Alipang" is a non-fantasy real-world story. In it, a childless Christian couple (based on my now-deceased first wife and me) adopts multiple children, one of whom, Alipang, is from the Philippines. Alipang has the toughness and boldness I wish I could have had as a boy. (As a boy, I was physically about the size of a field mouse -- not conducive to machismo.)
"First Love of Alipang" is a non-fantasy real-world story. In it, a childless Christian couple (based on my now-deceased first wife and me) adopts multiple children, one of whom, Alipang, is from the Philippines. Alipang has the toughness and boldness I wish I could have had as a boy. (As a boy, I was physically about the size of a field mouse -- not conducive to machismo.)