Love's First Bloom

Middle School teacher, Lizbeth Perlow, learns a truth that sets her on the road to a sweet self-discovery. 

In this episode, Merri shares a story where events happening in small-town Montana bring people together to prove what they've known all along. People remember to take care of each other. 

Merri has a discussion with her students, where she encourages them to take a look at 2020 with a different perspective. 

Abby Greenfield discovers there is more to a person's back story when she has an interesting encounter with the bedazzling friend of the bride and groom. 

My sister read one of my stories. Both of us learned about giving second chances.  The music is instrumental/acoustic by David Hyde

This episode is a reading of the first three chapters of the novella Piece of Cake. When Lacey reached for a piece of cake, she accidentally captured the heart of Mr. Golden Eyes, Colton Hughes. What happens next starts a collision course that brings her to reconnect to a life she thought she left behind. Piece of Cake is one of the four stories in the Small Town Stories novella collection. 

When Alana Maxwell accidentally became the fly on the wall, she makes some interesting decisions. 

The past connects with the present to answer a question for Rachel. 

A friend passes along some wisdom that helps Rachel look at the past through a different set of eyes. 

Three Creeks, Montana is hosting an all-school reunion over the Fourth of July weekend. In this first, of two, episodes Rachel finds herself having fun participating in a class competition.