I Was An African American Racist

By Karlata on September 18, 2019 / 255 views

My sister and I stayed many sleepless nights at a local hospital as our mother was in critical condition.. ICU and all that goes with it. There was a man..a white man.. close to our age who sat alone for as many days as we had. The worry on his face..the tense conversations he had with the dr's.... We're African American women. He was much more polite to us. I'm so ashamed to admit it.....

Dreams

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 16, 2019 / 357 views

Webster's Dictionary defines a dream as a "Series of thoughts or visions during sleep." Biologists say dreams are our brains way of organizing, storing, and remembering what we have seen the day before. Psychologists say dreams sometimes help us work out our issues and emotional problems. Most people, however, think dreams are unimportant and do their best to ignore and forget...

Dropping Off A Friend From School

By A Friend on September 11, 2019 / 924 views

By A Friend on September 11, 2019 / 924 views

I have a friend that needs a ride home from school and I help her out by dropping her off on my way home, I never ask for anything in return. But today when I dropped her off her mother gave me some gas money and a home cooked dish for my family and that made me super happy so I decided to share...

Today Was A Really, Really Great Day

By A Friend on September 11, 2019 / 844 views

I was sitting at the dinner table with my mother and step father discussing two different family drama situations when my mom gasps and her mouth is hanging wide open. She isn't speaking so I go and look on her phone and it's a friend request on Facebook from my big sister who we both haven't spoken to in four years when all of my sisters got pissed at my mom over lies about their childhood spread...

Listening Is Caring

By AC on September 10, 2019 / 1,076 views

By AC on September 10, 2019 / 1,076 views

I sat down on the plane yesterday to fly back home from a quick business trip to the east coast. There was an older lady sitting in the seat next to mine. She told me her name is Lorraine. She was taken on to the plane with a wheel chair during preboarding. I sat down, said hi and so did Lorraine. Super nice lady. You could see it in her eyes. A nice grin from a small, frail, kind...

Machines Or Us

By Joseph J. Mazzella on September 09, 2019 / 625 views

A local grocery store here is remodeling and not a single one of the changes is good for those of us who shop there. The grocery aisles have been rearranged with some going in one direction and others going in another. The aisles have been pushed closer together too making it harder to get through them. All of the items have been moved from their usual spots as well. It seems like all of these changes have...

HOPE

By Innie Pearl on September 09, 2019 / 625 views

My father once told me "the only thing that keeps a man going inspite of his fustrations and agony is hope". Growing up I learned how to be stronger and be a better version of myself... laying always in my solitude. That was like my abode cause I was always comfortable and found my peace there....there was nobody to understand how I felt or every bit of pain I felt within each passing day,...

My Clock Says

By Sonia Kaur on September 09, 2019 / 487 views

My clock says your life is moving. Time is gliding and never come back. This time will never return. Do something worth. Make the most of it. This is the good or bad habit of time that it passes away and never stops for anyone Whether it is good or bad. Whatever work you have do it today you never know, tomorrow will come or not. My clock says I am in your favour as long as you are alive. You will...

Roll With It

By Josh on September 05, 2019 / 1,431 views

By Josh on September 05, 2019 / 1,431 views

Tonight, on my flight from Indianapolis to Baltimore I sat next to an unaccompanied minor who was traveling to Baltimore to see her Mother. With Southwest Airlines open seating anyone could have sat next to her, in fact many people avoided her and her boundless energy during boarding. But finally, the couple you see in the photo occupied the two seats to her right. Within minutes the young girl...

Value Of Words

By Sonia Kaur on September 02, 2019 / 1,075 views

Words are the heart of human beings. It has tremendous of power. We have never realized that what we speak leaves an impact. I have seen many people who use bad language without realizing that how bad the other must have felt. Everybody has feeling then why don't we realize others's feelings. We always complaint that he hurt me with his words then why don't we think for others. You know once I read...

Acceptance

By A Friend on September 02, 2019 / 757 views

Find a way to accept the person you are now, whatever that person might be. Take in the good with the bad. Try to make peace with both while understanding that you're more than either of those. Once you do this, you can start growing into a person you want to...

Thank You To The Customer Who Didn't Answer Their Door For Their Food

By A Friend on August 26, 2019 / 1,884 views

I work for Skip the Dishes (food delivery like Uber Eats or Doordash). If someone doesn't answer their door, we call. If they don't answer the call, we message support chat, and wait 7 mins while they try to contact them. If there is no answer after 7 minutes, we can keep the food and leave. You ordered from subway. A foot long pulled pork sub, and a 6 inch pizza sub. 2 bags of chips, and 1...

Rock, Paper, Scissors

By A Friend on August 23, 2019 / 1,581 views

To the couple that was playing Rock, Paper, Scissors on 78 in Sachse... I am the guy in the white car that played the game against you. You won!! I am on my way to the hospital for the birth of my first child, my daughter. Thank you for the random game that calmed my nerves, I can assure you you and your girlfriend (pardon the assumption if she is not your girlfriend) will be part of the...

Graduation

By Raiquan Thomas on August 20, 2019 / 1,797 views

By Raiquan Thomas on August 20, 2019 / 1,797 views

Born to a teenage mother. Dad was killed by a police officer when I was 5 years old. Worked two jobs while attending my regular high school and an arts high school. Evicted from my childhood home my senior year of high school. Lost everything but kept seeking better. My senior year of high school I graduated with honors and received over $500,000 in...

The Only Real Competition

By J-Zone on August 20, 2019 / 985 views

By J-Zone on August 20, 2019 / 985 views

This was written on Twitter by musician Jay Mumford, aka J-Zone. "Played a festival over the weekend. Listened to the drummer from the band who went on before us from the side of the stage and I got a bit discouraged. He was a rock drummer so he had Bonham power and a lot of super fast around the kit rolls, two things I struggle with. Only saw his hands and feet & they were fast...

The Sweetest Story About The Sweetest Boy

By Deanna Flournoy on August 16, 2019 / 1,781 views

This Sweet Boy is 11 and he knows his momma is sick. He knows the brain tumor damaged her body. He knows she gets overheated easily. He knows she must rest often. This Sweet Boy knows his momma shouldn’t have to do everything herself. When the electricity went off one sweltering August night, Sweet Boy came rushing to his mom’s side with his battery operated fan and two ice packs. He put...

When We Grow

By Joseph J. Mazzella on August 12, 2019 / 1,476 views

An unusually hot and wet spring this year was followed by an extremely hot and wet summer. Sunny skies were constantly giving way to heavy showers only to be replaced with more sun and heat. This combination has made for a few changes from our regular Summer here in the mountains of my home. The limbs on the trees are growing twice as fast as usual and their leaves are huge. The Queen Anne’s Lace,...