I am 50 years old, a single mother with permanently sore feet and a back that reminds me every morning of every bad decision I have ever made. I work…
At 34 weeks pregnant, I was sound asleep when my husband suddenly woke me up in the middle of the night, shouting my name. My heart raced as I leapt…
1St joke: Little Johnny’s Grammar Lesson One day, during a lesson on proper grammar, the teacher asked for a show of hands for who could use the word “beautiful” in…
It’s been parked behind the old flooring warehouse for years—rusted, wheel-less, half-swallowed by weeds. Most people walk past without even turning their heads. But if you look closely, the back…
Johnny walks into a general store, goes to the owner, and asks for a new job.The owner says, “Do you think you are a good salesman?” Johnny says, “I don’t…
“Gimme a double of the strongest whiskey you got. I’m so mad, I can’t even see straight.” The bartender, noticing that the little man is a bit worse for the…
Under the blazing lights of a nationally televised game show, everything came down to a single word. The kind of word most people know, the kind that sits just out…
Most people never really saw me. For decades, I worked night shifts as a janitor, moving quietly through office buildings and highway rest stops while the world slept. My name…
For my entire life, my mother and I shared one perfect pre-Christmas tradition every December 20th. No matter what was happening in our lives, no matter how busy or tired…
An old couple, George and Martha, are sitting on their front porch rocking in their chairs, watching the sun go down like they have every evening for the past 40…
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