Shauny sat quietly and stared out of her car window and into the bay window of the house she parked in front of. Her house. She was only 16-years-old, and she was contemplating never seeing her family again. Her boyfriend, Jared, was seated next to her and nervously rattling off reasons why they should […]
Here we go again, Carlie thought to herself as she listened to her brother and father go back and forth. She had tuned them out as soon as they started talking, so she had no clue what Chris was upset about. Could have been anything though, knowing him. “You can’t talk to me like that […]
Chris stared at the unopened bottle of whiskey on the table. He quickly counted five different reasons why he shouldn’t open it. Unfortunately, his sobriety was not one of them. This was the second bottle of whiskey that he had stared down in 48 hours. The first one, now-empty, was buried deep in the kitchen […]
Lisa peeked out of her window just in time to see a black Honda speed off down the street. She’d thought she heard a car idling in her driveway just minutes before, but by the time she got to the window to check she couldn’t really tell if the car had pulled out of her […]
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Many of us know how exhausting, frustrating, and (at times) painful anxiety can be, so it might be helpful to focus on some of the positive aspects of anxiety. If “positive” sounds like a stretch to you, then think of these as some “not-so-terrible” aspects that you can use to your advantage. Here are Four […]
Taylor sat quietly, staring at the tiles on the floor. She tried to imagine herself being anywhere other than where she was at the moment, but the strong scent of disinfectants kept forcing her back to reality. Who could visualize sitting on a beach, watching the waves, when it smelled like Clorox was coming out […]
This was Shena’s first time looking Derek’s fiancé up on any social media platform. The first time she heard about her, she had believed Derek’s lies about the relationship being over so there was no point. After seeing the wedding invitation, she hadn’t wanted to torture herself by going online and seeing pictures of them […]
Shena felt heat rising through her body, but she plastered a smiled on her face knowing that Ashley and the other girls were watching her. “Isn’t it great that they finally worked through all their issues?” one of the other girls asked. “Right, and to think they’ve been planning this wedding all along and he […]
They talked for most of the night. Shena was cautious and admitted that if they moved forward she probably would be for quite some time. Derek was not going to be easily dissuaded and expressed his intention to stick it out. That night, he shared more details about how things had been back at home.
