dirt road prayer;

Let the light shine on my mama She’s been worried ‘bout me And I can tell she’s tired Walk my brother in a straight line I know he’s only sixteen But he’s been playing with fire Give my grandpa a little peace and quiet I can feel the years of hard work in his hands Make my days pass just a little bit slower I’ve been runnin’ so fast I’ve forgotten who I am

[midwestbelle]

ryanhilarymiller​:

“See, this is why I always get my Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving, you beat the rush and the grubby big box executives have all the deals going well before it’s actually Black Friday anyway.” Her head shook, “Plus then my Christmas bonus is all for me, as it damn well should be.” 

‘‘Damn right,’‘ Aubrey agreed with Ryan as she looked around. ‘’I mean come on, you burn yourself a few times here and there and still don’t learn. Can’t be me,’’ A chuckle fluttered out of her chest. ‘’So what presents are you buyin’ this year?’’

[midwestbelle]

skystratton​:

“I mean, it is the biggest drinking night of the year,” Skylar commented, coming down from her tiptoes where she had been restocking the top shelf liquor. Didn’t they have tall bartenders that were supposed to do that for her? With a sigh she grabbed the nearest dish towel, starting to dry the glasses she had taken out of the washer just moments ago. “Not that I can blame anyone. Forced family time with no escape? Hell, if I wasn’t the one making the drinks I’d sure as hell be the one drinking them, too.”

Aubrey looked at the Sky’s trouble and chuckled -- it was truly inevitable. She knew that struggle way too good. ‘’I’ll never understand why they make them so up high,’’ She nodded. ‘’I opened up a bar a year ago and interior design was a struggle, lemme tell you,’’ Even so, she liked browsing other spots in town to see how they operated and if she needed to switch things up. Staying on top of things was a must.

[midwestbelle]

georgie-wallace​:

Georgie was clumsy. There was no real denying in that. But this time she really outdid herself.

A quick run inside to get a cup of coffee on her way home, how wrong could that go, right? Parking her car close to the coffee shop, she made the brilliant decision to leave everything inside the vehicle and just get out with her keys and wallet, something so simple that wouldn’t take her more than five minutes to do so, and she was right! Before she even realized, she had paid for her drink and was on her way back to her car, already dreaming of her sweats and comfy couch, and holding her coffee to go in one hand and her wallet in the other, she was fishing for her car keys in her pocket, distracted by a car honking on the street that she didn’t see the crack on the floor, tripping on her own feet and dropping her car keys, which graciously decided to fall into. the. drain.

“Fuck.” She was in so much trouble now.

Aubrey was waiting on one of her friends for that quick pit stop as they got the coffee and ran back in -- truth be told, the temperatures were going down. That allowed her to look at the scene that had unfolded before her eyes and given that she’d known the person, she tried to get there in time but failed as the keys plopped into the drain. ‘’Oh no,’’ Aubrey murmured, getting on her knees to try and see if it were deep. ‘’Well, shoot, that’s never hever happened to me before.’’

[midwestbelle]

jennasoto​:

                     “Here’s to hoping there’s actually something decent to do this Thanksgiving, because I swear to God, if I have to hang around a cafe like I’m actually happy to be there, I’ll off myself. Probably take the unlucky kid in the booth too.”

‘‘You sound stressed, not gonna lie,’‘ Aubrey noticed. ‘‘But wait, Jenna, why can’t someone else take the shift so you could have some off time? I mean, at this point, you’d classify as a workaholic, but like... the unwillin’ one,’’ Pressing her lips together, Aubrey put a little lip balm on as she wondered.