You saw it happen. Every second of it, every sound i’s burned in your memory. You can recall how it made you feel, how time seemed...
Sometimes, people can barely tell you and your best friend apart. If you happen to wear the same outfit one day, everyone mixes you up because...
Your first place all your own needs to be ah-mazing. Big-screen TV for gaming. Fridge for snacks and drinks. Sofa for kicking back, a few good...
The heroes in comic books arrive in fancy costumes. Their heads are ringed by bubbles that say things like “POW!” and “ZOOM!” and that’s when bad...
You were their hope for the future. For your elders, your birth represented things they wished would happen but that they’d never know. It was a...
You wanted it. And you wanted it very much. But, ah, well, you didn’t get it. You worked and you begged and maybe you even saved...
These days, you just don’t know what to expect. Things used to be laid out nice and easy: a real man took care of business, he...
Water stains and tattered edges. It was a shame that that happened to the picture you found, though those wounds give it dignity. You have no...
You could be rich someday. That’s what they say: you could have a great job, a nice car, and a crib on the beach, if you...
They said it would never work. He married up too high. She was a gold-digger and he didn’t realize it yet. She wanted a Daddy figure;...
Your mother dealt with things you can’t imagine. It was a different time when she was your age, with societal issues you’d never tolerate and rules...
Leave me alone. That’s what you’d like to tell just about everybody right now: go away. Stop talking to me. Don’t fuss, quit fighting, put away...