The mountains were blue in the distance. It was an exciting thing after driving out of the desert. We’d been on the road a while in this big adventure. Our cat, Maggie, had already escaped the car once, and ran into the desert. Luckily we were able to get her back ( Read more... )

I unwrapped the pretty Christmas paper to reveal a watch. Not a Braille or large print watch, but one made for a fully sighted person. It has blobs of color instead of numbers around the face ( Read more... )

I was crumbling. I felt as though the world was closing in around me, like a cardboard box collapsing with me inside. The box wasn’t made of cardboard though, it was heavy stone I was trying to combat. I didn’t want to be alive more moments than I was willing to keep on fighting. My therapist was talking to me on a daily basis and I was taking ( Read more... )

They are all around us. People with hidden illnesses, disabilities, mental health issues, and health problems they don’t want to discuss. Some of them have not come to terms with these conditions in their own minds. Others are simply too embarrassed to give voice to what ails them. They want to keep it all locked away for no one to see. They ( Read more... )

Once upon a time there was a little girl who dreamed of magic and fairies. She lived in two worlds, one of going to school, eating dinner with her family and playing board games with her brother, and another world of fairies and unicorns. It seems most girls want to feel the silken hide of a unicorn or learn how to do a magic spell like a fairy ( Read more... )

I pull my chair closer to the decorated table. The white table cloth gives it a crisp, clean feel. Lavender napkins are folded into rose shapes atop the plate and match the flowers in the vase in the center of the table. There is a full place setting before me and my mouth waters with anticipation ( Read more... )

I’ve never liked controlling people. I’ve always referred to them as control freaks. It wasn’t until recently that I realized I liked to be in control of situations just as much as all, so called, control freaks ( Read more... )

“Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man ( Read more... )

In the middle of the night I heard a loud crash. It jolted me awake, my heart thudding in my chest. My mother got out of bed to investigate. She opened the front door and went out in the yard to look up and down the street, but nothing was there. She opened the back door to check on our livestock, but nothing was there either. We went back to ( Read more... )

I lean forward, tightening my lips over the straw. I blow and blow. The bubbles in my soda make a neat noise as the ice hits the sides of the glass. Across the table my brother imitates me. I have to stop blowing just to laugh. I am in stitches because there is something so funny about blowing bubbles ( Read more... )