Personal Essay | I Have Measured My Life in Coffee Spoons
For every season of life, there is an essential cup of coffee along for the ride. [...]
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Enough
by Katie Mitchell “But you’re so much prettier,” said my girlfriend as we stared at the photo on my smart phone screen. “I mean, she’s not a bad looking woman. But [...]
Sparkly Shoes
by Cody Hickman To most of my friends, it has become obvious that I’ve been on a “transgender” kick, lately. The simple reason for this is that [...]
Firestorm
by Lisa Pawlak The same morning my world was set ablaze, I slept in, peacefully, eventually waking up to the sound of my phone ringing and the smell of smoke in the air. The [...]
Personal Essay | Boy of Steel
Powerless I cried my way through most of the last Superman movie, Man of Steel. I couldn’t help it. So much of what I saw reminded me of my younger son. Of course, my [...]
The Scent of Three Oranges
by Aimee Farley “Mommy, may I please have an orange with my lunch?” my son shouts from the dining room as I begin to prepare his peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the [...]
I’m No Longer Magic
One afternoon when my younger son—who we affectionately called “Mr. Bump”— fell down and cut his knee, I scooped him up into my arms and kissed his sweaty toddler [...]
The Color Wheel of Grief
Katie Devine’s writing has appeared on sites including Huffington Post, Role Reboot, XO Jane, Medium, The Manifest-Station and Thought Catalog. She chronicles her travels [...]
Sweatpants: Our Dirty Love Affair
Shannon Day is wife to one gorgeous, yet slightly overbearing, Brit and mom to 3 little ladies. Once a teacher, now a story maker and occasional cocktail shaker, she shares [...]
The Illusion Of Independence | Essay
Rae is the only son of a ex-Special Forces soldier in the South African Defense Force, so naturally a large chunk of his childhood was spent on army bases and remote places, [...]
