Kenya.
The heart beating, dazzling country Kenya is the home of millions of people all formed into one loving family. To som...
It was a random trip, picked quite literally with a dart to a map. Jon would be going to Kenya. He'd never been outsi...
Kenya was the name of my doppelganger. I thought it a strange name, thought he might call himself Jim or John, both m...
The results were in.
Marie wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans. Breathing heavily, she glanced impatiently at the bland, hospital door; it...
The results were in, she said. And he ran and ran and ran and ran, disregarding the shouts of teachers behind him, ju...
The results were in. The young men standing before the judges fidgeted anxiously in their military-style uniforms. Ja...
The gate closed behind them.
I stood on the old wooden bed I always slept in. There was always a window up high and I would always look up to it a...
Three Chances. Two Donors. One Hope. December 4th. Today is the third anniversary of your first bone marrow transp...
Rudolph ran as fast as his four legs would carry him. He had run out of fairy dust over a remote forest, and unfortun...
Mary wandered through Arlington National Cemetery. She was looking for her grandfather's tombstone. In a sea of perfe...
I am different. I know it. They know it. They being society. In our society, we are to dress the same, act the same, ...
From the edge of a hole in the ground, lying on his side in a pool of his own blood, Jim looked around for his arm. ...
They were trapped for seven days.
They were trapped for seven days. Faced with a myriad of uncertainties, this much Antonius knew to be true. The pangs...
They were trapped for seven days. Aleena tried to hold back the tears as it had been seven days since she had seen th...
They were trapped for seven days. And all he could think about was how stupid and incompetent everyone was. Oh, he c...
I'm trapped. I came to the beach, ready to relax. Ready to escape my work, and every annoying person in my life. But ...
"Come here," I whisper loud enough for her to hear me. She gives me a look and laughs, tilting her head up to the sky...
That damn tree was going to fall on him, he just knew it. What use was the open sky, the billowing waves of blue, or...
They crouched to peer beneath the stairs.
They crouched to peer beneath the stairs, the grime and dirt on the old hardwood floor unsettling beneath their feet....
They crouched to peer beneath the stairs, their eyes reflecting the light like stars in the darkness. Not that anyone...
There was only a sliver of space between the floorboards and the door under the stairs. It wasn't even really a door....
A Time to grow And a Time to grow old A Time to learn And a Time to teach A Time to receive And a Time to give A Time...
"Carry the wreath, Henry, your mother is waiting." Father's terse words spoken from the side of his mouth, muffled b...
The sun this morning grows short thick shadows from the cobblestones. A sweaty head against the curb, red hatching at...
The conversation lasted two words:
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...
It had to be the bumblebee parachute. I wanted one with Hello Kitty on it but Al said no. Black and yellow clashed wi...
Wow. The Statue of Liberty. I've lived in New York my whole life, and have personally seen it one time, and it's on m...
He could remember the first time he saw that statue. It was one of those things you simply never forgot, like a first...