Category: Stories

I used to think that I was the kind of person who’d forgive easily. Forgive, not forget. I really did.But then my mother died while my father was holding another woman’s hand…

I knew I was in trouble when the “dish assignment” text came through. It was longer than my wedding vows, formatted with bullet points and everything. My mother-in-law was turning 60, a…

When my health insurance payment bounced, I thought it was a fluke. Not a credit card decline at checkout. Not a failed dinner tab. But a call from the provider. “Hi, Amy?…

The sun streamed through my bedroom curtains as I stood before the mirror, admiring how the delicate lace of my wedding dress caught the light. After three attempts, I’d finally gotten my…

Some people mistake kindness for weakness. My mother-in-law was one of those people. Until last Saturday, when she learned exactly who she was dealing with. The morning started with the doorbell. Three…

I stood in the cemetery, watching as they lowered my father’s casket into the ground. The finality of it sank right through me and took something with it. My dad, Mark, was…

When my husband, Silas, walked out of our lives six years ago, I never imagined I’d be standing in my kitchen, scrubbing the same countertop for the third time, wondering how I’d…

My name is Juniper. I’m 26 now, and I’ve been living out of state for four years. Honestly, it was the best decision I ever made: to get away from my family…

I stared at the envelope in my hands, puzzled. Brian wasn’t known for romantic gestures… not in the three years we’d been married. “What’s this?” I asked, turning the cream-colored envelope between…

I had been running around the kitchen all day like a madwoman because today was important—Kira was finally bringing her fiancé and his parents over for dinner. I had dreamed of this…