Lighthouse Short Stories

1) Light of My Life Arrangements had been made. In the summer of 1902 when Emily Dodson’s mother died, the sixteen-year-old girl was sent off to become the bride of a total stranger, a lighthouse keeper way out on the Atlantic shore. When she met Darcy Fletcher, anxiety set in. This was really happening! I sure hope Momma was right when she said a lot of the best marriages start out this way, she thought. 2) The Last Chance Karen Meyers decides on a last-ditch attempt to save her failing marriage. It doesn’t work out. Now she has an irate husband who would rather see her dead than allow her to get a divorce. He’ll do anything it takes to hold on to his wife’s fortune… anything except being a good, faithful husband that is. 3) Rock Island Light The fierce storm not only destroyed the Misty Monday, it also took the entire crew. Young Sally Ament was inconsolable to lose her husband, the love of her life. She was also destitute with no means to support herself. When she received an invitation to stay with her cousin and her family, Sally thought of it as a Godsend. She soon finds out though, it takes more than a roof over her head and food in the belly to make her troubles go away. 4) The Sloop Fear of deep water kept Kim from ever wanting to go out on a boat. Her husband on the other hand, had grown up near Lake Superior and loved sailing. When he bought a beautiful new sloop, he talked Kim into trying it out with him. By the end of that fateful day, she wished she had never allowed him to persuade her. She’d always known she should avoid the lake.