Category: Stories

Hey there! Iris here. My life isn’t all sunshine and roses, even though it might seem that way from the outside. I’m a stay-at-home mom, juggling an eight-year-old firecracker named Ollie and…

The house still smelled like him. Cedar and coffee, and the faintest trace of the cologne he always oversprayed before a dinner out. I kept inhaling, afraid that the scent would vanish,…

There’s something about old houses that speaks to you. The creaky floorboards tell stories of previous footsteps, while the scuffed doorframes mark heights of children long grown. When my partner Ryan and…

I never thought I’d find love again. When my first wife passed away, it felt like my world had collapsed. For years, it was just me and my son, Joey. He was…

I stood in our backyard, surveying the space where Nancy’s wedding would take place the next day. The white chairs were arranged in neat rows facing the oak tree, where she and…

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,…

Mark and I weren’t perfect, but we worked on us, holding it all together. We had our routines—morning traffic rants, Friday takeout, a shared Netflix account, and two little munchkins, Emma and…

I was sleeping like a rock, wrapped in the warmth of my blankets, lost in some dream I wouldn’t remember, when suddenly—whoosh—the curtains flew open. A sharp screech of metal against the…

One day, this story appeared on Reddit, which did not leave many people indifferent: I asked my mom to help me take care of my newborn, so I could go back to…

The front doors slid open. My shoes hit the tile. The air smelled like sunscreen and lobby flowers. Behind the counter, I saw him—my grandfather. He was standing still, shoulders slumped, holding…