We live in a land where the footprints of ghosts linger.

The ghosts of our actions.

The ghosts of our words.

Footprints may disappear by the tide.

Footprints can harden in cement.

What can or cannot be seen.

What can or cannot be heard.

Was there.

Is there.

Or will be there....

Ali is attentive

Brittney is brave

Chris is curious

Dustin is daring

Eric is extroverted

Francis is friendly

Greg is generous

Hank is helpful

Izzy is independent

Jared is jolly

Kelly is kind

Lauren is lonely

Mark is mischievous

Nathan is nostalgic

Orchid is outstanding

Patrick is passionate

Quincey is quiet

Rachel is radiant

Steven is soft-spoken

Thomas is terrific

Uma is unique

Violet is vi...

I will not walk this earth without you.

For who else will show me the way.

For who else will have my favorite laugh.

For who else will make me laugh.

For who else will care the way you do.

For who else will look at me the way you do.

For who else will have my favorite smile.

For who else will cry with me.

For who else will ask me how I am.

For who else could ever be you.

I will not walk this e...

As Anthony was walking away from my car into SeaTac International Airport, I knew I had made the biggest mistake of my life. Before I even knew it, I had unbuckled my seatbelt, opened the door into traffic, and cried his name out. Car horns blared and traffic cops whistled at me, and I knew my car was going to be towed for a very expensive fee. Despite that knowledge, and almost forgetting all my ...

Sitting in the conference room, Janelle, and Jamie were waiting for their boss for the monthly budget meeting.

Janelle, 15 years Jamie’s junior, was wearing an ensemble that was more appropriate for a Taylor Swift concert than the corporate world, pulled out her iPhone and checked her latest notifications on TikTok. She failed to hear Jaime ask her a question.

“Do you want to message Greg since ...

You are the one.

You are the one who cares.

You are the one who believes.

You are the one who guides.

You are the one who listens.

You are the one who smiles.

You are the one who has helped me.

You are the one....

Up until now, being single has been completely, utterly, absolutely, positively, 100% - no, 1,000% perfectly fine with me. My INJF Myers-Briggs personality test results has led me a successful lifestyle of: sleeping, cooking, cleaning… all for a party of one. I’ve been quite content, if you ask me, but I know you’re not asking.

You see there was a boyfriend once, but he doesn’t even deserve that...

The day you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. You’ve been counting down the years, the months, the minutes, and now the seconds. Ripped out of secretly collected and stolen magazines from dentists’ and doctors’ office waiting rooms from the past three decades, you’ve been gowned in Monique Lhuillier, holding a delicate bouquet of white roses, standing alone at the edge of the vineyard, bloc...

Joy is

Watching a movie or

Reading a book

Jumping over waves or

Hiking up trails

Eating at a restaurant or

Cooking at home

Visiting a new country or

Exploring places nearby

Any day

Happiness is

Watching a movie or

Reading a book

Jumping over waves or

Hiking up trails

Eating at a restaurant or

Cooking at home

Visiting a new country or

Exploring places nearby

Any day, with the one you love...

Lacy turned her desk chair away from the computer. She had 20 something unread emails in her inbox and another 20 that she ‘read’ but had yet to take action on. She looked out the floor-to-ceiling window of her 35th floor office and remembered how badly her supervisor at the time wanted her to join his team, that he pitched: “you can have my office, it has a wall of windows.” What the supervisor f...