humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
Choices
Warning: Includes Drugs/Overdose Here I am again. This must be my third or fourth time sitting here. I stare up at the ceiling wondering how many more times it would take before I run out of chances. While I'm waiting I stare up at the pale white ceiling tiles. The sound of beeping and other machinery. I'm not only hooked up to a heart monitor this time, but also a dialysis machine to clean my blood.
By Kacey Lovesick5 years ago in Humans
How to Be Embarrassed Daily And Never Regret It
Note: Names have been changed to protect the guilty and innocent alike. If you asked me about my most embarrassing moment, I initially might consider my first and only attempt at repelling in which I accidentally flipped upside down and caught the back pocket of my jeans on a rock, causing them to begin ripping in front of my fellow college service trip participants. However, I think my tales of frequent mild, social faux pas (or death by a thousand cuts) at the hands of my former clients with intellectual disabilities are much more interesting....and, strangely enough, these incidents made me cherish my job all the more.
By Julia Schulz5 years ago in Humans
It is Ancient History Now!
It is ancient history now. Well, it happened at least fifteen years ago, when change occurred more slowly, and social mores were re-created by class action, reformation, and the information technology revolution. Now changes are being rung in so quickly it is really like dancing with a gorilla; you may want to stop but does the gorilla?
By a.a.gallagher5 years ago in Humans
Everyone Should Have a Bike
A few days after I graduated high school, I got in a giant car wreck that totaled my paid off car. It was a horrible mess and my mom freaked out and bought me a new car with a giant car payment attached to it, telling me that she would help me make the payments on it. She did help me make a few payments but once I got a job her attitude completely changed, and she told me that I needed to start making the payments on it. This was fine for a while until I realized as a new graduate that life is really tough, and affording the bills all while going through college was pretty much impossible. I was working a lot of nights trying to afford school, rent, utilities, the car, car insurance, and food. It was a lot to juggle and I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. Now, in hindsight I have realized that there were a lot of other options at the time, but I decided that I needed to make a choice. I needed to drop something, so I chose school. Juggling my time between school and work was really hard for me but I figured that with a job I was at least getting money for all of my bills. Now that I look back at my life though, I really wish I had had a bike, and after getting a bike, I am now realizing that everyone should have a bike.
By Sierra Peck 5 years ago in Humans
Letter to my readers
Letter to my readers by David F Anderson 2021 is the first year of ever written anything to be published. I have no writing skills whatsoever. Right or Wrong was my first attempt at writing a book. Then I wrote a couple of short stories published in vocal media. Now my second book is out, The Boat Man; it is a family love story. I am writing my third book right now; it is titled Growing up dyslexia. I still am writing those short stories I enjoy writing them as well. I feel like I am writing to make up for the lost time I have done all in six months.
By David F Anderson5 years ago in Humans
The End of Roca, Chapter 1
I was sliding faster and faster down the steep mossy, dense green hillside, soil and rocks spewing everywhere. My fingers grasped wildly for anything, clumps of anything, but everything was too soft or hard for me to hold; it all slid past me. Dirt choked my mouth, sharp edges stung my skin, the earth was devouring me; it scraped and tore my shoulders, my ribs, my belly. The angry, frantic noise of my descent screamed in my ears and I tried to breathe, to think, to open my eyes and see, but everything was too fast, a blur, so I squeezed my eyes shut and my fear faded into one clear thought:
By Nancy Governor5 years ago in Humans
Chance
I have grown to love the rocking. At first the incessant, rhythmic lapping bore into my mind, overtook my thoughts, and numbed my senses. With each subsequent wave a tightness grew in my chest, building a dread that couldn't be contained. I thought I was lost, and I would stay in this purgatory until the end.
By sarah rosellini5 years ago in Humans
The Pink Moon And I
"Have you heard about the upcoming full moon coming up?" my friend Adam asked while passing me a wine glass. I take off my coat and sit on the couch. "What full moon?" I look outside the apartment window to see the moon a lot bigger than usual. "Is that tonight?"
By Camu Tao Fan 1999🪲5 years ago in Humans
