Family Drama Kids

They fell in love, they battled the odds, and they fought through the danger that threatened to tear them apart, but it wasn't over yet. Their stories were just the beginning, and now they were determined to continue to build their families and the next generation of the MC.

Does your child want to be an actor? Are you prepared to don the hat of stage parent to help your child get ahead in K-12 school, college, community theatre, and beyond? Professional theatre artist, veteran performing arts educator, and fellow parent Andrew Lloyd Baughman shares his advice on how to help your Drama Kid chart a path to success in this amusing combination memoir, self-help book, and parenting guide.

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

Jen Morel looks back over the past few years and forces herself to acknowledge how things have changed and that those changes have taken a toll on her. In spite of the struggles, she’s mostly happy and very grateful for her family and friends. Lingering issues with her adopted father and her biological father must be resolved. She’s mulling over how to deal with them both, when she’s forced before she’s really ready. Jen’s two best friends still need her. They’re in the thick of things together. The threats must end and it might take more than the three of them to make that ...

Christmas for a single-mom is hard enough, and the last thing Maggie needs is to be called back home to Sutter's Mountain to deal with a father she hasn't seen or spoken to in fifteen years. She's been asking for help and advice, but for some reason, God doesn't seem to be listening. Or maybe He has a round-about way of getting things done, and getting stubborn folks to stop hurting one another... and Maggie, and her father, will have to learn the hard way. A Christmas short story about the generations of one family coming together and mending past hurts that will warm your heart.

Her beloved master critically wounded whilst saving her life....Will he live? How will Charlotte react if he dies? And will she ever have the freedom and the home she dreams of?