Where were you the first time you realized there was a problem? A problem so big you couldn’t wrap your head around it? I can tell you where I was, 3,000 miles away driving away from ghosts. The first time I was 20 years old, the second 39 years old. Where was I heading, you ...

Paper towns and cities, Arranged in perfect fashion, A bouquet of white in place. You remember the days? How we used to construct wonders, Built castles and people from scratch. Colored each one, Gave it life, Each creation a pinch of magic. Have you already forgotten? The idea of childhood imagination, That made us whole ...

Disclaimer:  To all my cousins who have been disillusioned:  I apologize.  I know many of you thought for years you were the favorite niece, but it is time for the truth to come out.  I am the favorite niece, and I can prove it. Recently my Aunt Maddy passed away due to COVID-19.  I was ...

Anger Visits as often as a holiday So when the time comes I have to remember What to do With the taste I seldom Sprinkle upon my tongue. When I was a child I tasted rage for the first time I rolled it along my tongue And found the longer I held it The more ...

40 years is almost 15,000 days on this Earth? Most people don’t adapt well to change. I, however, have always excelled here. That is until recently. I am now finding out that my whole life, all those days, I was suffering from a mental health issue. My doctors like to refer to me as one ...

Kelgen sat with his legs crossed on the edge of the dead forest where he found Jethus. Branches like twisted arms wrestled in a constant breeze sweeping from the east. Under his breath, he recited a prayer to the Four Gods, the words tapping into a language that could only be understood when embracing magic. ...

The field was plowed, dirt turned over; fresh after a long winter’s lockdown. Hail and snow, long into spring makes the harvest uncertain.

After over a month and a half in social distance, parents with children are neck-deep in online distance learning. There is a sense of community as we share frustration over a slow internet connection, difficult platforms, restless students, and numberless interruptions to our daily routine. Another thing we shared was the experience. Pictures of children ...

The plight of the blinking cursor is something that plagues me often. It usually means that every word I write seems like it was written by someone who is writing their very first sentence. My solution to this problem usually is to read some of my favorite authors. I started this because one of my ...