Fancy dress at Tom's party was optional, but all the children wore something wacky. First prize was for the circus ri...

Dear Mom, Do you remember this picture? I do. I remember a lot about those days, when we were a family. Yesterday, I ...

"What the hell kind of superhero costume is that?!" My dad was yelling so loud I could hear him from my room. When th...

The conversation lasted two words: "Too much." Too much pain? Too much regret? Too much suffering. And who's? From tw...

I am trying to make up words as I tremble in Fear. I can feel the first drop of sweat starting to run down my face. H...

"I'm sorry", the two words that shattered her world. She let the dial tone ring out, as a hot tear ran down her cheek...

What's this? Dad showed me the picture of the orangutan splayed on the grass. A monkey, I said. It's you, he said....

She looked fondly out the window at him. he was lying in the grass with his eyes closed, enjoying the many priviledg...

"Who among you, if her son asks her for bread, will instead give him a stone?" I was paraphrasing, and quoting out o...

The implant's biggest drawbacks were the headaches. The gear-man had assured her that would abate in time, but meanwh...

Geraldine, I'm serious give me that back, I don't have time for this... Because it's mine. Give it back now. It's rin...

Johnny, my boyfriend was aptly named. Laura, my dad's girlfriend called him 'The Pirate' because of his long dark cu...

"What's that, Daddy?" James hid a smile behind his hand and answered, "That's a telephone, sweetie. You put money in...

It's ringing. Ringing. Ringing. Ringing. STOP it from ringing! Karla never wanted to hear his voice again. Never wan...

A dry, sandy summer like this one. I had met him just a mile down, by the Shell gas station, his cowboy boots kicking...

I was scared. I could see another perspective of myself. Did I want this to happen? No. But, did it happen for a reas...

It had been a long day the escape from the crowd into the woods had worn Jessica out completely she was tired. leavin...

I was nothing like his mother. Didn't look like her, act like her yet he told his friends we had to split up because ...