It's what I need to do, This work that takes all day, It’s not a choice to be made.   I have a list of what is due. I put everything else away. It’s what I need to do.   All the effort...

It was a usual Thursday night of making dinner for the girls, assisting with the overwhelming amount of homework, and tied in with everything else the constant bickering between the two sisters. By this...

Walking into the unknown. Down a corridor toward the meeting room. With a knot in my stomach, I knock on the door and enter. Despite COVID shutting everything down for nearly a year, I had been consistently...

 There were eight of us in the parking lot, staring deep into the abyss that was poorly titled: The Funnest Corn Maze in the Whole World. “Hold on! We’re not going to actually walk into this thing,...

This story was inspired by “Lemon Boy” by Cavetown. "Ahhh!" Robin yelled with all his might, "why is my heart racing so fast? Am I going to die? I feel like I can't breathe!" He thought to himself....

This story was inspired by the song; 1,000 Light Years Away. Composed by Harry Mack and performed by Chelsea Lee Greenwood. Tapping my foot lightly as I tossed lyrics on a page, any and all lines that...

“Wow you’re so mature for your age.” “You're gifted, talented ahead of the class.” That is what I prided myself on. Little miss high achiever they’d say, little miss goodie two shoes, Little...

The euphonious melody of metal on scarred hands, the smooth wood is cutting into my collar as the mellowness of my bow glides across strings.   In the dead of night my feet dance across...

15Childhood memories lost in time of space. The gnarly wooden beast fell with a thump. Going anywhere else might cause an erase.   It’s not something you can replace. Wind winded...

I thought everything hated me. The universe was against me. I used to think God didn’t care. I used to think He wasn’t there.   I was followed by rejection. Was despised for...

In my nightmare, I see my grandma standing there. I’m always in utter confusion because she never speaks, moves, or even blinks.  When I was younger, she was the most talkative and beautiful woman...