Embarrassment
Impacting Others, Happy or Brilliant, and Huggers
Some people leave behind echoes—words, gestures, tiny acts of care—that resurface long after the moment has passed. Over the years, I’ve been told by friends, family, and even acquaintances that something I once said or did helped them in ways I couldn’t have imagined at the time.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Confessions
Walk With Me in the Garden
The garden wasn’t large, but it felt like another world. Tucked behind her grandmother’s old stone house, it was a patchwork of roses, jasmine, tulips, and winding vines that seemed to whisper with the wind. As a child, Amara believed it had magic. As an adult, she realized it still did — just a quieter kind.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Confessions
When I Chose Peace Over Pleasing: The Day My Silence Stopped Serving Everyone but Me
I used to be proud of how “easygoing” I was. The one who didn’t make waves. The one who could be counted on to “understand.” I became the friend who always said yes, the partner who never argued, the daughter who swallowed her pain with a smile.
By Azmat Roman ✨6 months ago in Confessions
Worth
Introduction I took a selfie wearing a favourite shirt for a poem/playlist that I wrote which you can check out here: I thought I would use the picture for my Facebook Avatar, and yes, you expect a few likes, but at the moment they are at sixty, and that got me thinking, possibly spurred on by a quote from Ozzy Osbourne, who we just lost.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Confessions
The way he made me feel
It all started with a wave to a kid, who came like an angel who made a path in my love life. Our first meeting wasn't so dramatic like Hollywood movies or any K-drama moment. His smile towards me felt so genuine, soft enough to catch my attention. It felt so secret that it didn't felt like as if i was in love. I saw something in his eyes.... a lightness, a kindness, something that made the room feel less cold. For the first time in my life, i felt noticed. I have had crushes before but it never felt so unreal like he made me feel.
By Lee Jessica6 months ago in Confessions
Being the ‘Strong One’ Nearly Destroyed Me
They called me the “strong one.” It was meant as a compliment, I think. I was the one everyone leaned on. The one who stayed calm in a crisis. The one who didn’t cry at funerals. The one who offered advice, gave rides, picked up the pieces. I was the dependable one. The helper. The fixer.
By Azmat Roman ✨6 months ago in Confessions
The Biggest Mistake of Your Life - Reddit. AI-Generated.
“What’s your biggest regret?” That was the question on Reddit. Thousands of comments poured in—confessions, missed chances, unspoken apologies. I didn’t expect to see myself reflected in so many of them. But there I was, in every regret typed anonymously into the void.
By sasha jai6 months ago in Confessions
