Author: Jan Sikes

Jan Sikes writes compelling award-winning stories from the heart. She has been called a wordsmith by her peers, is an active blogger, grandmother, a fan of Texas music, and resides in North Texas.
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Mama’s House

Happy Mother's Day! My mother was born in 1917. She was a young woman just married and starting a family during the Great Depression. The things she endured were beyond comprehension. But, she grew to be the strongest, most determined woman I ever knew. Born in May, she was a Taurus. No task was too …

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Bad Boys – Bad Girls

It's no secret I've always been attracted to "bad boys" throughout life. I remember writing a High School paper on the outlaw, Billy The Kid. Some of my classmates thought it was strange, but it wasn't to me. I came by it honest - that attraction. My dad was a hard-working man that never committed …

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Footprint

Everyone's footprint, like their fingerprint, is unique and individual. Today, I was talking with a friend about famous singers and how ofttimes, their children try to fill their shoes.  For instance, more than one of Merle Haggard's children have tried to break into music without their father's degree of success. Another example is Shooter Jennings, who is …

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Footprint

Everyone's footprint, like their fingerprint, is unique and individual. Today, I was talking with a friend about famous singers and how ofttimes, their children try to fill their shoes.  For instance, more than one of Merle Haggard's children have tried to break into music without their father's degree of success. Another example is Shooter Jennings, who is …

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The Bed

THE BED BY JAN SIKES  If you’ve read Flowers and Stone, you know that it was a big scene and turning point in the story when Rick (aka Luke) took me (aka Darlina) to his house in Brownwood for the first time. One of the things I noticed right away was the bed. Made in …

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No Shame in Surrender

This time of year brings around so many vivid memories, this being one. On March 9, 2009, a long agonizing night began for me and Rick Sikes. He had been in and out of the hospital since January 2009 and we were back again for more IV antibiotics to try and fight the infection slowly …

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