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When the Wind Knocked
The wind had been knocking for three nights before I finally admitted that it was not weather. It began as a murmur against the old glass, a careful tapping as though some hesitant traveler had lost their way and mistaken my window for a door. My house stood at the edge of the town, where the road thinned into gravel and then into nothing at all. Beyond it lay fields the color of rusted gold, and beyond those, hills that swallowed the horizon. The wind had always passed through there freely, dragging dust and forgotten leaves along its restless path. But this was different.
By LUNA EDITH3 days ago in Confessions
A Small Thing That Brightened My Day. AI-Generated.
I did not wake up expecting anything special from today. It started like one of those grey, slightly off days where everything feels a little too loud and a little too heavy, even before anything actually goes wrong. I scrolled my phone longer than I should have, got up later than I planned, and already felt behind before I had even begun.
By Zeyrox Xen04 days ago in Confessions
An Honest Question
There's an ache that comes over me in the quiet. Sometimes it hits in the middle of the day, when my toddler is sleeping and the others are in their bedrooms, playing or reading. Sometimes it happens in the moments before I open my eyes in the morning, but most times it happens at night. This ache urges me to reach out for a fix of something. Validation. Importance. Success.
By Mezmur4 days ago in Confessions
The Unopened Letter: What We Never Tell Our Parents and Why the Silence Lasts Forever. AI-Generated.
There is a letter you will never write. It lives inside you, fully formed, every word chosen, every sentence complete. In this letter, you tell your parents everything. Not the edited version, not the polite version, not the version that protects their feelings and your safety. The truth. All of it. The gratitude you have never known how to express. The wounds you have carried since childhood. The ways they shaped you, for better and worse. The person you have become, in all its complexity, and how much of that becoming traces back to them. The love you feel, so deep it terrifies you. The anger you have swallowed, so old it feels like part of your bones. The forgiveness you want to offer, if only they would ask. The understanding you long for, if only they could see.
By HAADI4 days ago in Confessions
The hidden of cost always saying yes
Imagine this Your phone buzzes at 11:47 p.m. It’s your coworker asking if you can “quickly” cover their shift tomorrow. You’re exhausted, your inbox is a war zone, and your therapist literally told you last week to practice saying no.
By creator4 days ago in Confessions
The Untold Stories of Women in History
History, as it is often taught, feels like a gallery of kings, generals, inventors, and revolutionaries — most of them men. Yet behind every empire, every revolution, every scientific breakthrough, and every social transformation, women were present. They ruled nations, commanded armies, shaped intellectual movements, led resistance efforts, and redefined what leadership meant.
By Aiman Shahid4 days ago in Confessions
Still Here, Just Unable to Respond
I send my words like paper boats to sea, they drift in light, but never back to me. My name still stands where voices used to grow, yet every answer fades before it shows. To speak, be heard, yet never truly meet, is half a heartbeat skipping in defeat.
By Aarsh Malik4 days ago in Confessions
Word of the Day: 醉う
Ah I think this shows a matured perspective of the quality to be drunk, like a stupor. Where the sports? Ah I guess. Yes, that is what I am getting at.. . Yea I guess like Dustin Hoffman was always about "good form" and such, but that can be such a manipulation. But he was a pirate. It is like..... a smuggler? Yea... you're allowed to call someone out.
By Kayla McIntosh5 days ago in Confessions
Supporting New Hobbies
Though you and your partner might have a lot in common, there might be times when your partner wants to try a new hobby or experience with you by his or her side. Try to be optimistic when this happens and do your best to open your mind so you and your partner can bond over this new adventure. Of course, there are certain situations when you might not be able to join him or her, like if the experience entails something that goes against your religious beliefs or political views, but hopefully by the time you are together, you understand this about each other.
By Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue5 days ago in Confessions
The Life I Almost Chose
There are moments in life that don’t look important while they’re happening. They don’t arrive with dramatic music or flashing lights. They come quietly — disguised as ordinary choices. A job offer. A relationship. A city. A “yes” or a “no.”
By Aiman Shahid5 days ago in Confessions
I Left When America Went Full Handmaid's Tale After Trump's Win. AI-Generated.
America didn’t lose me in a comment thread; it lost me in a living room. The night Donald Trump won again, the TV was doing that grotesque victory glow, anchors talking about “unity” with the same tone they use for hurricane coverage. Somewhere between the red counties and the sanctimonious calls to “heal,” it hit me: the country had gone full Handmaid’s Tale and still insisted on calling it democracy.
By Joshua Estrin5 days ago in Confessions
