This has been a hard year.  It has been a strange year. COVID-19 has turned America upside down, held the country by the ankles, ...

There are approximately 500,000 service dogs in the United States that help disabled individuals mitigate their disability-related limitations. How exceptional is that? The first week of ...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, ...

Soft raindrops saturated the white tee shirt as I loosen quietly on the wooden deck   Nipples taut from the chilly pecks placed upon ...

I found you one day Alone and wandering Among the jungle of peers You were a candle in the dark The light solely radiating ...

**Trigger warnings:** Themes of Depression, Death/Loss, Grief Violent Content, Mental illness. Reader Discretion is Advised *** Sorrowful Beginning A cold chill greeted the air ...

1. sunlight pours  through a curtained window – he sighs 2. she moans: her skin sweats in summer’s heat 3. she rubs  her abdomen ...

Read Parts 1-7 My forehead prickles as a hand lifts the hair away from my face and my eyelids flicker open. Madison’s rosebud lips ...

Read Parts One – Three While the guys were down in the man-cave playing pool over bottles of beer, Nicki poured out her heart ...