We buy houses--rough ones. Fix them. Sell them. And sometimes, underneath the layers of hoarded items or the peeling wallpaper or the old carpet stained with every conceivable fluid known to humankind, I find more than just a good house, waiting to be discovered. I find a lesson for my life I needed to learn. Hopefully, through these stories, you will too.
Jean Knight Pace is the author of the young adult novels Grey Stone and Grey Lore. She has had work published in Puerto del Sol, The Lakeview Review, and other literary magazines. She’s also written for Dollar Stretcher and Authors Publish. She has a BA in music and an MFA in creative writing. She lives in southern Indiana with her husband, four children, ten ducks, and a cat. She blogs at jeanknightpace.com and tastycheapskate.blogspot.com.