In 2020, when COVID hit, I had absolutely no idea what was going on in my life. I was still in school, so I had to come home and stay with my family. No one knew how long COVID was going to last, but everyone

One of the books that changed my life was "Embracing Uncertainty" by Susan Jeffers. I could clearly remember what happened the day I downloaded this particular e-book and why. I had just finished

I sat down exhausted from the day's stress. I relaxed my muscles, took the remote beside it, and turned on the TV. I didn't intend to watch, I just needed the soothing sound coming from it. It helped me

My ex-girlfriend was a psycho. I often stared at her with a lingering gaze, thanking the universe for blessing me with such a partner until the worst happened. Image "Mehn, you're so lucky to be with

She knew something was wrong the moment she stepped into the bar. The loud music blasted out of the speakers as the DJ manipulated his instruments blending well with the young bodies twisting on the dance

There is so much I regard as incompetency but giving in to living on autopilot was not a result of my incompetence and inability to make daily decisions, get totally involved with many life situations,

The night on the voyage had always been a mass of distorted visions and lifeless pictures floating behind Rodney's mind. His mom had said that he'd been too young then to recall anything, even if partially,

It was the night before our wedding day. I was just out of bed when I heard a knock on my door. I opened it and there he stood, in his black suit. His face looked as if it had been carved from stone, and

As a child, Agnes was teased for having a bad vision and even beaten up by bullies. Her parents tried everything to make her see well, but nothing worked until the day they discovered the eyeglasses

I moved from my hometown to a place called Las Vegas, Nevada, where the neon lights and gambling casinos seemed like a mirage from another world. The games of chance were so much fun! It was there that

One night while I was taking a break from work, I heard someone come up behind me and say, "Excuse me, sir." I turned around and saw a young man wearing glasses standing there. "Yes?"

The dream of becoming a great musician seemed impossible now for Noah. He might never make it. He knew that. But he was not willing to give up. He had been in the school orchestra for three years and played

I am an independent coffee farmer in the Central American country of Guatemala. My family has been farming coffee for generations, but I am no longer able to keep up with my duties. We used to grow several

Today, I wake up in the middle of the night. In fact, I am sure I woke up because someone entered my apartment. I sit bolt-upright and look around the room. The moon shines brightly through the window.

"We'll never make it." The captain's voice was a hoarse whisper as he stared at the ocean stretching out before them. "The storm is too strong and we're too small to weather it."

Andrew was a man of great personal charm. He had the gift of making people feel comfortable and at ease in his company, but he also knew how to make them uncomfortable if they didn't do as he asked or

On the morning of Monday, June 16th, I was awakened by a knock on my front door. It was still dark outside as the lamppost had almost backed out and I groggily shuffled to answer it. A man in his mid-twenties

In the morning, Spencer woke to find his girlfriend gone. The house was silent and still; there were no signs of her having slept here last night. He sat up in bed with a sigh that made him feel like an