Category: Stories

When I got pregnant, I thought it was the start of something beautiful: me, my husband, and our baby. As a foster child, I never had that. I never had stability or…

Pregnancy. One of the most beautiful moments in a woman’s life. That is, of course, if she has a loving husband who supports her every step of the way. As for me,…

Mary stood in the kitchen, moving frantically as she tried to make breakfast. She glanced at the clock and groaned. She had overslept again. Meanwhile, George was still snoring loudly upstairs. She…

When my now-husband Ethan and I started planning our wedding, I knew things with his mom, Denise, would be… delicate. We were never outright hostile, but our interactions were layered with passive-aggressive…

It was a bright, cold October morning, and Harry was excited about his gaming app presentation, a project he had poured himself into for the past six months. As the clock struck…

I work at a bank as a project manager and our latest project has been the hardest of all. I often came home late and sometimes, I would work on the weekends….

Gregory locked the door to the small corner shop where he’d worked as a cashier for the last twenty years. His coat was too old and thin to keep the chill from…

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, I was the whole damn village. My name is Kristen. I’m 60 now, though some days I feel older. Especially in…

My mother-in-law, Christine, has never worked a day in her life and it shows in ways that make my teeth grind. The first time I met her three years ago, she’d assessed…

One night, I rushed from the shower to find my 3-year-old son crying and covered in red paint while my wife sat nearby, glued to her iPad. Frustrated and confused, I soon…