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One Weird Day
*** Please bear with the endless-seeming exposition. It’s needed in order to set the stage*** I graduated from Grade 13. Where I come from you can’t do that anymore. In any case, getting up, eating breakfast and then heading off to a very old school building full of eighteen-year-olds from all parts of a city of about half a million people was, even back then, a weird way to start a day. But it was kinda cool too!
By Roy Stevens3 years ago in Confessions
Finding Peace through Pen: How Writing Helped Me Cope with a Traffic Karen Encounter
Writing to Help with My Encounter with Traffic Karen As I sit here, reliving my experience, I can't help but think, "Should I really post this online? Would anyone care about my struggle as a Black woman living in a predominantly white country, and an even more predominantly white state?"
By Zuleika Boekhoudt3 years ago in Confessions
ITCHING
In most cases, pain can be managed. On the other hand, itching can drive a person bonkers. Confessing, in the past when my integrative doctor offered a prescription medicine, my answer has always been, "No thank you! However, my left foot fungal infection has returned. On the April 3rd of this year, when the doctor offered a prescribed cream, I acquiesced.
By Babs Iverson3 years ago in Confessions
I Kicked a Girl and Didn't Like It
This is not the easiest thing I've ever published to Vocal, but I lose count of the times I've said or thought that. I can't quite remember how old I was, but it was when I was still in primary school, so it was likely before I was 11. So, young.
By Paul Stewart3 years ago in Confessions
The Night I Stole a Hot Pocket
At 30 years old and gainfully employed, I was an unlikely food thief. But there I was, sitting outside on a warm summer night in 2007, devouring a Hot Pocket like I stole it. Because I had, in fact, stolen it.
By Lynn Anderson 3 years ago in Confessions
Red
I knew a blinded, burning boy, Whose life was spent in black, But he was smarter, wiser than, All those who were unlike that.
By Amelia3 years ago in Confessions
Why Being On Vocal Brings Me Joy
Introduction This week I made a huge mistake (though like all my huge mistakes caused by believing I was doing the right thing) but I do not do stress but shall we say I put a lot of effort into getting things right, and I am almost in a position that I want to be but have a feeling that in two week time, I will be back close to perfection.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
Baby Boot
Clutching my boarding pass and manila envelope I honestly had no idea what to expect in 2013. I had just swore into the Navy, and I was getting ready to head to bootcamp in Great Lakes, IL. All I knew was that I was ready to leave Saint Louis, MO for good. Truthfully wasn't really planning on joining the military at least I never saw it as an option for me. I however had no plan other than doing the traditional college route. My grandpa served in the Army and his best friend was in the Marine Corps in Vietnam during a much different time in our society.
By Kayla Lindley3 years ago in Confessions
We watched The Grudge way too young
One small moment can change the course of the rest of your life forever; However long that life might be. One step past a raised floor, shoes left behind on the tile by the door that has since shut tightly behind you.
By Ruth Ann3 years ago in Confessions
The last line is:
Amanda won’t sit down now. I hate that about her. Her elbows are at an uncomfortable looking angle and she won’t stop leaning on the dusty brick burger house wall. Her line of sight leads to nothing. She’s not facing anybody or anything.
By Lisa H3 years ago in Confessions
The Anxious Writer’s Letter
The pressure to create is staggering. The clock is tickin’ and the audience is waiting. The lights are burning too hot, the pen is giving dirty looks, the empty page is a mockery.
By Oneg In The Arctic3 years ago in Confessions
Vocal’s A Hit With The Limerick
Extra, Extra! Read all about it. Vocal is a hit with the new challenge for a Ludicrous Limerick. Vocalists are having a blast!!!
By Stephanie J. Bradberry3 years ago in Confessions