Secrets
The Perfect Woman
Walking down the corridor to my apartment, I shake my head. We didn’t even get along. His nose is big, he’s not particularly tall, and he makes this strange squint when he’s thinking, as if his face disagrees with his own thoughts. There was no chemistry, no movie moment that made me want to twirl in the rain. Just another failed date.
By Rebecca K.about a year ago in Confessions
Kendallisms
It’s another week of teaching, and I am stuck in front of my laptop trying to avoid marking anything. It is Saturday night, and I still think that I am taking a chance by avoiding all the grading I have ahead of me. But some things cannot wait. I am dealing with the stress of the college and the request that I add more to a schedule that simply cannot take it. My mind needs to clear itself of a lot of detritus and this is the best way I can think of, besides the guitar and the promise to learn how to draw. All that can wait. This has to come out.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Confessions
Secrets. Content Warning.
Have you ever looked back and thought about lies you told and secrets you kept in the past, and wondered why you told them or kept them – especially the ones that should have never been kept? She did. Everyday. Out of all of her past secrets and lies, there is one time in her life that stands out above the rest. One period where all she kept were secrets, and all she spoke were lies.
By Luna Verityabout a year ago in Confessions
Ten Valuable Life Lessons Who Lead To A Balanced and Successful Life:
1. Embrace Failure as a Learning Opportunity Failure is not a dead end; it's a stepping stone. One of the most valuable lessons you can learn is that mistakes and setbacks are integral parts of growth. Failure teaches resilience, patience, and problem-solving skills. When you fail, you learn more about what doesn’t work, which helps you refine your approach for future success. Many of the most successful people—whether entrepreneurs, artists, or innovators—often attribute their greatest achievements to lessons learned from their failures. The key is to see failure as feedback, not defeat.
By Alex Williamsabout a year ago in Confessions
The Story of The Candidate
I had a traditional family growing up. My mother Lydia Gaines was into gardening besides work. She would spend time beautifying the house. And making sure my brothers and sisters and I would do chores and do well in our studies. She was stern and lovely. And she knew we were smart as heck. She would give us a chore and time to do it before she would punish us. And although the chore was hard, we found a way to do it. That's how I learned to brainstorm and use my mind for things. And my father Edward Gaines was very political as he was a political foreman. He would love reading the newspaper and watching the news. I never knew why he was so into the news so I asked him and he said that you can gain a lot by watching the news and reading the newspaper. You know Ben there's a reason we named you Benjamin James Gaines because I want you to work with the President. You can be like Reagan, Bush, or Clinton. You are sure smart enough. Who knows maybe one day you would become President? And my father sat me on his knee and pick me up. I was just ten years old. My father was giant and he had a big grin. My mother and him would always have a secret talk about us. I learned after childhood. They were deciding what each child would do. And then it happened after 40 years together, my parents divorced. The last thing I heard from my father Edward Gaines was that to remember what he said and he asked me to come back to him if my mother leave me. And so I promised secretly that I would. Mom was fun. She would let me embrace my destiny. After sometime, I finally got the nerves to seek a virtual internship with President Hebert Cokley. President Cokley was smart and funny and he did not mind getting good advice. I did not directly speak to the President but virtually. God bless the internet. And President Cokley wrote me a personal letter after several months of successful advisement. He thanked me for the advisement and helping the troops gain victories in the war. I remember to stay humble like Mom and Dad taught me and I thank him for giving me the opportunity. That's when President Cokley followed up months later and he met me along my way to the library as he wanted to meet me and he said Ben James Gaines you would make a perfect candidate for office. Have you ever thought about running? And I said but no one would let me in. And I don't know if I want to. And President Cokley said Nonsense. You are good enough now find a way. And that's when I started searching for an opening position in government. And I found one first an FBI Agent then a Congressional Budget Analyst then finally a local School Board Member, and I wrote a compelling essay and got in the Top Ten Percent of Candidates. The local Party Chair advised that I run for State Office. So I tried to find a party but none of them took me seriously. So I had to build a party. I forgot to tell you that I built a business before so what a PAC could not be that hard. It was. I thought about Senator but Senator Hart Redding was a hard choice, she was one of my heroines and she fought bravely in the Senate. I would not want to take a fighter out. So I ran for Governor and put up a hard fight, won at least 50,000 votes and three million votes up in the air. The State Elections said I qualified fro the Presidential Race. I was fired up and getting offers for debates in Georgia. I was getting autographs. I was getting a lot of attentions. I was a political star. It was close to the end of the campaign. Then my father came back and he said Ben you've done a lot. You are the man I thought you would be. I need you to take care of me. You see I got this illness. And I said Dad but I am just about to be President. And he said Remember family remember your responsibilities. And I said I will announce that I will drop out of the race and support the other candidate. And the candidate I chose won and invited me to the inaugural and I work in his Kitchen Cabinet becoming a Presidential Partner. And that is my story the story of the Unlikely Candidate.
By Distinguished Honorary Alumni Dr. Matthew Primousabout a year ago in Confessions
Betrayal's Betrayal
I started in denial, bypassed anger, bargaining, and depression, and went straight to acceptance, like a pilot smooth-sailing to point B. Or a robot incapable of processing emotions. Or just a very efficient human. Point being I should be burying body-wracking sobs into a pillow with the word fool scrawled across my face.
By Neelam Sharmaabout a year ago in Confessions
Part 2: Orphanage in Milan: My Experience
--- In Italy, there's a legend that when a child loses a tooth, if they put it under their pillow before bed, a mouse (or the tooth fairy, depending on the region) will come during the night, take the tooth, and leave money in exchange. I vividly remember the day I lost my first tooth. The caregiver on duty suggested I place it under my pillow and told me the story of the mouse, also recommending that I write down if I had any special wishes. I felt excited and a bit scared at the idea of a mouse coming at night to take my tooth and leave me money. I wondered: why would it give me money for a tooth? And what did it do with the tooth anyway? I found no answers and decided to ignore those questions. Instead, I wrote a note asking if the mouse could leave me enough money to buy a new toy car at the market. I phrased it as a question: "Could you leave me 1000 lire for a new toy car?", or something like that.
By Nobodyabout a year ago in Confessions
YOUNG AMERICANS (Ж). Content Warning.
Tsunamis of iridescent green pain cascade across my temporal lobe, temporarily drowning out my habitual thought processes. I attempt to drive my new, old-fashioned, expensive, sparkling turquoise car in spite of the crippling pain, yet wisely decide that this would be tantamount to suicide, so I park it near some cheap live music venue.
By ANTICHRIST SUPERSTARabout a year ago in Confessions
Secret Confession #6. Content Warning.
But during college, I shared an apartment with a girl named Mia. We were taking the same course, and thus we had late-night study sessions plus similar experiences. Mia was one of those natural simpletons. She had a boyfriend, and from what I could gather, really seemed to be content about every angle of her life. She was academically very brilliant, always topping her class, and often she discussed freely with her classmates her affair with her boyfriend and even gave some intimate details of their life together.
By Chahat Kaurabout a year ago in Confessions
Secret Confession #4. Content Warning.
It was two firsts for me. First of all, it was the first time I cheated on my husband. It was also the first time I hired a male escort. There are many factors involved as to why I did it. I was married for 17 years with two kids and was fine until my husband lost his job and I ended up going back to work. He looked for work for several weeks, then gave up. He did just fine keeping the house up until he started playing games. He had no interest in anything outside of that anymore.
By Chahat Kaurabout a year ago in Confessions
