ErinMandel

Jessie Kawecki desperately needs a break. Her girlfriend broke up with her, she's sleeping on her brother's couch, and she's got maybe about forty dollars in her wallet. Still, when she gets offered the position of nanny to the three cheeky daughters of single mother Elizabeth Canfield, she hesitates. Closed-off and cold, Elizabeth is harder to handle than all of her kids together, and Jessie has no idea how long she can manage to put up with her. But she could really use the money, and she probably won't see that much of Elizabeth anyway. Why else would she need a nanny?Started: December 16, 2020…

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Half a lifetime ago, Mary Cooper used to be inseparable from the most breathtaking girl in the entire state of Texas, running wild and raising trouble.Now a wife and a mother of three, Mary has long buried the memories of the vibrant Jeanie-or so she tells herself. When her teenage son knocks up his girlfriend, Mary is fired from her job at the church and finds herself shunned by the community she'd served so selflessly for years. Just when she thinks she can't handle any more, her husband casually drops the staggering news that Jeanie Lucas is back in town.Folks say Jeanie dates women now. Not like Mary didn't see that one coming.✮✻✮✻✮✻✮✻✮✻While this is a Young Sheldon fanfic, it's entirely possible to read this when you've never seen the show. I don't own any of the characters, except for the lovely Jeanie Lucas.…

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What if your body doesn't always do what you want it to do?For June, this isn't a question, but a daily reality. As a fourteen-year-old with cerebral palsy, frequently dropping stuff and being stared at by complete strangers is nothing out of the ordinary. Other than that, life is great, until her parents decide to move to California. With all her friends miles away and nobody there to protect her from boys stealing your lunch, school becomes a lot more complicated than it had been. Then, she befriends Sam Redstone, a shy boy who'd always been invisible to others.June's days improve drastically with Sam by her side, and when she meets his older brother Nathan, she finally believes her cousin Valentina might have been right about sexy California guys. Slowly, she and Nathan develop a unique friendship, one that, June finds herself hoping, might someday turn into something more. But as the years go by, she's starting to think she might never be with him that way, or with any other man for that.Started: 29 January 2019Completed: 16 May 2020…

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Sometime in 2019, I came out as bisexual. I just sent everyone a text message, and that was that.Or so I thought.Skip forward one year, and I'm coming out again. This time, as a lesbian.In this short account of my experiences, I talk about all the things that made me realize I was gay, and why it took me so long. Hopefully, reading about it can help other people figure out their sexuality.…