Evan paid the rose-tattooed toll collector and sped ahead.

Just released from the psychiatric hospital, he smiled. The prescriptions had subdued the demons.  This beach weekend with Jennifer would surely salvage their relationship.

Seventy miles later, he entered the last toll and froze as the rose-tattooed girl asked, “You again?”

Bryan Joyner is a middle-aged banker who read about 50-word stories in Daniel Pink’s book “A Whole New Mind”, and began using the concept to connect with his two college age children. Each of them write stories and send them to each other for feedback.