Category: stories

I met Jack a year ago in the least romantic way possible: by spilling an entire iced latte all over his neatly stacked paperwork at a coffee shop. I was mortified and…

There’s a strange numbness that settles in when you’ve been grieving too long. By the time we got to the church, I couldn’t cry anymore. I’d spent a week doing just that,…

Christmas is a sad season and meant only for the rich. The phrase came to Cameron in an instant after the crowd’s murmur jolted him awake and named him for the amorphous…

When my daughter Jane walked down the aisle, nothing was as we had planned. After months of meticulous preparation, she surprised everyone by wearing a striking black gown instead of her dream…

You know that part in weddings where they ask if anyone objects? My mother took that way too seriously. She stood up, full of fake tears, and tried to wreck my marriage…

I was driving toward my late mother’s house, the weight of her passing still heavy on my chest. The funeral had been just last week, and now I was left to handle…

After finding out that I was pregnant, I quit my job in order to focus on being a mother and wife. My husband Dave supported my decision and thought this would be…

It started with a phone call. I was cleaning my tiny apartment when my phone buzzed. Linda’s name lit up the screen. “Hey, sweetheart,” she said, sounding tired. “I’m calling with a…

The corridor outside the delivery room smelled like disinfectant and something else — something older, heavier. It reminded me of fear that had been sitting around too long. The chairs were hard,…

I am 45 and divorced. My husband constantly cheated on me, so I decided to leave him. But our daughter Kelly, who was then 12, was convinced that I was the bad…