When my husband passed away after twenty-seven years of life together, I believed that the grief itself was the most agonizing pain I would ever have to endure. However, I…
Margie received a bill from the hospital for her recent surgery,and was astonished to see a $900 fee for the anesthesiologist. She called his office to demand an explanation. “Is…
Two blondes were taking their first train trip to Toronto on the train. A vendor came down the corridor selling bananas that they’d never seen before. Each bought one. The…
For years, I dreamed of becoming a mother. It wasn’t a quiet wish or a passing thought. It was a deep, aching longing that lived in my chest every time…
My name is Anna, and I am one of a set of twins. Five years ago, my brother Daniel and I were just eighteen, planning college and dreaming about independence,…
A man is sitting on his porch when he notices two blondes working down the road. They both have shovels. One of the blondes digs a hole, and the other…
I was thirty-two the day I found out I wasn’t really an orphan. By then, I believed I had already buried three people: my mother, my father, and then my…
Every parent will nod along when I say you’ve got to keep an eye on your kids around other grown-ups. No matter who they are, it’s smart to stay alert.…
My name is Lucinda Morrison, and I was sixty-six years old the October my world turned upside down in our quiet little town just outside Columbus, Ohio. I honestly thought…
In 2008, I sat on the bench and sentenced twenty-four-year-old Michael Torres to twenty years for an armed robbery that netted him just over three hundred dollars. At the time,…
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