This story contains themes or mentions of physical violence, gore, or abuse. WHEN YOU GO TO THE BEACH WHAT DO YOU SEE? You see oceans of sparkling sand. Endless deep blue water. Sea-shells and angry crabs pinching and sidestepping between sandy toes that get too close. A melting pot of vacationers with tan lines … Read more
“How come goodbyes seem to always feel like THIS Gee-maw”? What a question, and funny enough is the fact that this question is now being posed by someone who has barely even reached puberty, has never felt the gratification of getting their first drivers license or even sharing an awkward first kiss. Yup, this … Read more
Sydney was hiding in her childhood bedroom and practicing the breathing exercises her therapist had taught her last week. “In for 8,” she inhaled, “out for 12.” She expelled her breath with her eyes closed before repeating the process all over again. Her therapist had taught her to use this technique whenever life got overwhelming … Read more
I was alive and looking at my son sleeping peacefully with the innocence of quivering lashes. That ever slight shake of his dream put me back in time to a moment that stretched into timelessness and my sail alone into darkening seas. The first strike was off to port, disappearing before the corner of my … Read more
This story contains themes or mentions of physical violence, gore, or abuse. Abigail could feel the mountain tremble from a mile away inside the dockside shack. Her part was simple: keep the boat safe and ready. Outside, the panicked voices of people and their scurrying feet felt too close and too far away at the … Read more