Athena is my role model. She will not let your touch her without her permission. She has boundaries and you respect them or get bitten. She’s also talks to me like an annoying toddler. Where’s my food? Don’t touch me. You don’t need that. And like a toddler she follows me to the bathroom and then sits outside of the door, demanding to be let in.

She’s curious too. Anything that is left on t...

One long night ago, my past was hidden in the darkness. I searched for myself in the stars but found nothing but sorrow. It took losing myself in the blackness of night to find myself in the light of day....

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all. I held too tight and they slipped through my fingers. All that remains are the memories and feelings they have left behind, little trails of emotions....

Grandma was always a secretive person. She never divulged much information about her life so when my parents asked me to go up into her spooky attic to find some old photo albums, I jumped at the chance to do some deep dive snooping. Especially since grandma always used to say that the stuff up here would be mine one day.

I reached up and pulled down the ladder leading up into the attic. Dus...