I want to write a novel one day. Writing gives me a space to be 100% myself without judgment. I am always open to constructive feedback. I enjoy reading everyone else’s work as well.
I want to write a novel one day. Writing gives me a space to be 100% myself without judgment. I am always open to constructive feedback. I enjoy reading everyone else’s work as well.
I told her to meet me at Hopps, it was the place we met every Thursday night for dinner and drinks. Except today was a Monday. I keep this in any longer. Even if she doesn’t love me back, at least I will told her my truth.
When I called, she seemed worried from her tone, I mean we have never been to Hopps on a Monday so it’s warranted. She said that she had something to tell me too. What if she ...
Dusk is just minutes away. The sunlight is slowly drifting away. I’m sitting on my grandma’s favorite wicker chair that she used to rock in until she fell asleep. I remember sitting on her lap as a kid while shepherd would rock. I start rocking the chair as that nostalgic memory brings a smile to my face.
Night time is my favorite. I get to look up into space and remind myself of how small I am....
Marla woke up bright eyed and with a smile that she could feel before she was fully awake. “I am 45 years old today!” She looks in the mirror and wonders when her crows feet will begin to extend into her hairline. She’s been dreaming of the day she will be full of wrinkles and have grey hair. Her first thought that morning: “What a blessing it is to be old.”
To be young meant you were gullible a...
I have a very particular morning routine. I awake and head to the bathroom to relieve my full bladder, rid my mouth of my terrible morning breath, and clean the sorrows of my dreams with fresh, warm water. I was unfortunately graced with bad eye sight, a trait from my mother. Most days, my left pointer finger touches each eyeball twice a day. But some days, I choose my glasses, which allows me to ...
There’s Sadie, Marie, and Savannah. Three besties that found each other sitting next to each other 10 years ago in the same freshman class. If you are looking on the outside, their friendship really doesn’t make sense.
Sadie has this gloomy, Monday morning at 9am after the best weekend of your life, feeling; but she is disciplined and very confident.
Marie is reliable and trustworthy, you coul...
Sitting in the bed of her truck, Alice sat there with tears falling down her face. It was midnight and a school night. She had no business being out this late in her hometown of 500 neighbors, all of which know her entire past, present, and probably future.
Alice reminisces about the years she spent in school, the friends she’s had since their days of birth. She has lived the same day over and o...
It seems like this hallway is eternities long. Eggshell white paint is falling off in tiny pieces at the baseboards. The bright fluorescent lights immediately gather the last bit of energy I have in me. The tiles have the same pattern and color of one of my high school classrooms, where I was so in my mind that all I could do was stare at the floor and disassociate from reality. The ambiance is.. ...
I didn’t ask to be born a female. But I am, and I love being a woman. But in this world, that comes with consequences.
Sometimes I don’t think men could ever understand. When I park my car in a parking garage, I hold my keys tight in my hands. On edge, ready to use them as a weapon to defend myself.
When I was in my prime dating age, looking for love, I worried if the man I was meeting was kin...
Alice often get comments on her visual beauty. Long curly hair with hues of red and blonde in the sun, she was quite lucky to have very authentic and unique features. But sometimes, she wished the world saw more than what meets the eye. She considers herself skilled in art, with painting being her favorite. She can express herself in a way without words, she can say a million things in just one of...
We arrived at the ceremony with enough time to find a place for my wife to sit and for me to stand on the sidelines; I have always stood at my kids events, I was (unfortunately) blessed with significantly above average height. It’s a blessing and a curse, but today is one of the days where I am grateful for my genes. A long line of 21 year old college graduates in their black silky robes and decor...