What if you had a chance to reconnect with a lost love ("Dusty's Dilemma"), or you decided to give a homeless father and daughter a hot meal and a place to stay, only to have your life change beyond anything you could imagine? ("Love, Alice") What if you met a stranger who challenges you to discover a shocking truth about yourself ("Time's Up"), or you have the opportunity to confront an old nemesis to right a social injustice? ("Raymond's Plan") What would you do if you found a loaded gun in your senile mother's purse?("A Mom, A Son, A Cat, and A Gun") These are some of the questions explored in this collection. Some of the stories are humorous, some poignant, some romantic, and some ironic. Some of these characters are loveable, some despicable, some pitiful but all innately human.