Memoir

Not My Finest Role
I’d completed my thesis, done my summer theater internship, passed the final exams, and earned all the credits I needed to graduate. Soon I’d be packing up and looking for a job in the theater biz.
By Leslie Writes3 years ago in Chapters
Breaking Free
I remember the summer of 2021. Beautiful warm weather, sunny skies as waves crash and mist the air. Life felt simple. Life, felt simple. This was one of the first times in my life that I had felt as though I was truly living my life. Trying new things, doing things for myself, not only doing what was expected of me. There was a change coming.
By Connor Stermer3 years ago in Chapters
Close to Home
As my stocking feet move through the hall to Albert’s closet, I am keenly aware I am doing something unforgivable. Reaching onto the shelf, I peer at the tiny letters on the pharmaceutical bottles, looking for the sedative that starts with Z. Here it is. I can smell the persimmons ripening in the next room on the windowsill. Peeking past the threshold and around the piano, I see the ridiculous sign duct-taped below a procession of rotund, orange fruits awaiting their fate. Scrawled in black sharpie, the sign reads, “Do not partake in the persimmons!”
By April Cope3 years ago in Chapters
Resilience amidst chaos.
Resilience Amidst Chaos, Before the Outbreak of Covid , my life before the germ warfare outbreak. My family, friends, hobbies, and dreams, were to travel, write and give my readers the normalcy and routine of my world before everything changed.
By Dawn Earnshaw3 years ago in Chapters
A Story About An ARIES
Aries: The Shepherd I was constantly confused. Fighting myself every step of the way, it was exhausting. After spending so much time being wrapped up in what the others around me wanted that I got caught up in, big time too, feels like I’ve lost almost a decade of my life. My daughter’s life. I’ve battled so many obstical's for this lifetime that if I was a fucking cat I’d be crowned by the pharaohs for being the most infamous of felines. “Always beating the odds on this one,” they’d say some shit like that, definitely. If you’d ask anyone that knew the old me, they’d probably tell you they're glad I’m not dead yet. You could just roll with the religious saying as most people do, “God puts his strongest soldiers through the toughest battles,” sometimes when you're that strongest soldier alone, you tend to forget that phrase. I know very few that could’ve lived the life I’ve lived and be better than me now, with the same or better accomplishments too.
By Jabari Tuggles 3 years ago in Chapters
Echoes of Resilience: Embracing the Journey of Dreams
In the heart of my journey, amidst the swirling currents of academic challenges and dreams that seemed just beyond my reach, I found a profound love for the path I had chosen. It was a journey that unfolded with countless lessons, unexpected twists, and moments of deep introspection. The winds of uncertainty buffeted against me, but I embraced them with an unyielding spirit, discovering that the pursuit itself was the treasure I sought.
By Uswa Naaz3 years ago in Chapters
Chapter 14: The Beginning of the End
The days blurred together. I no longer felt time as a sequence of seasons or a progression of days into weeks into months. It was a Wednesday, the day I realized I was keeping time by arguments.
By ARC3 years ago in Chapters
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall
I love you. I love you for who you are when we're alone together. The way your eyes squint and twinkle when you're smiling. I see the wrinkles that form around the corner of your eyes when you laugh, a sign of your gaining wisdom as you age. I notice how you're conscious about the excessive acne on your face, yet I realise the confidence you possess to carry them around without seeing the slightest need to cover them up with make-up. I don't know many who would flaunt flaws out that well.
By Manisha Dhalani3 years ago in Chapters
Nostalgia Unleashed: Journeying Back Through the Sands of Old Times
Introduction: The echoes of the past invite us to explore the buried hallways of history in this day of continual technical advancement and quick social change. We're excited to begin this chapter of time travel through prose, where we'll explore the bittersweet embrace of nostalgia and find the treasures that the past has left behind.
By Tereza Giannouri3 years ago in Chapters
Magic in the Northern Lights. Top Story - August 2023.
Have you ever seen something so miraculous that the very moment takes your breath away? It's been 8 months and I’m still out of breath somehow. I started my travel journey in December of 2022 finally seeing my girlfriend after 3 long years of covid lockdowns. We traveled throughout Germany for the new years, and I saw the beauty of the country. Though the journey was full of wonderful experiences, I began to see the cracks in the foundation of our relationship. After a few short weeks, constant fights and incompatibilities I decided it was better to go our separate ways.
By Matthew Mccahey3 years ago in Chapters
Gentle Stories of Discovery:
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Asked just about every adult who first met me as a child. Depending on the day, my age, or which way the wind was blowing, my answers were consistent only in their resolution and finality.
By Teresa Renton3 years ago in Chapters
A River Of Tears. Top Story - August 2023.
Less than three hours southwest of Madrid lies a valley called Valle de Jerty, in the province of Caceras, in Extremadura. The valley is well known in Spain, not so much outside of the country, for its stunning natural beauty, massive acreage of cherry blossom, and turbulent, rocky rivers.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Chapters