Embarrassment
I Wanted to End My Life after Being Publicly Shamed. Content Warning.
“Sometimes we tolerate unacceptable behavior from others because we don’t know we deserve better.” — Kia Stephens Sitting in the front passenger seat of a packed crew van, on our way to clean a ‘quick turnaround’ aircraft, the forty-something male colleague, sitting next to me — out of nowhere and loud enough for the male crew members sitting behind us to hear — unashamedly ridiculed me, in detail, about my genitalia.
By Chantal Christie Weiss7 months ago in Confessions
The Day I Climbed Over Fear
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been terrified of heights. Mortified. Even the thought of standing near a ledge makes my knees do that weird wobble thing. If heaven and hell really are in the sky and underground, I think I know which one I’d rather be closer to—and it’s not because of fire or damnation.
By ArshNaya Writes7 months ago in Confessions
Sent Home for Scratching
The year was 1983, and I was in the third grade. My middle half-brother and I were living with our grandmother while our mother found a more stable place for us to live. During this time, we attended a school that was only four blocks from her home, and we'd walk there every day.
By Mother Combs7 months ago in Confessions
The Community Garden
Leo, a quiet man who found more solace in the soil than in human conversation, spent most of his evenings tending his plot at the community garden. His hands, calloused and earthy, created beauty from barren ground, but his heart remained a tangled mess of unexpressed feelings. For years, he had carried a secret, a small act of betrayal against his childhood friend, Maya, that had festered into a deep-seated regret. He’d never confessed, and the silence between them had grown into an uncomfortable chasm.
By Momin Shah7 months ago in Confessions
