My mother and her new boyfriend, threw me out of the house. I can’t stay, because they are alcoholics.This was another boyfriend of mom’s. Every few months,there was another boyfriend in the house. Constant abuse,so I left. I was the one that always went food shopping. I was the one that always did the cooking. My mother was too stoned and out of it to do anything.

With $120 in my pocket, which w...

I can still remember the sound of the wind, the smell of the sun, the feel of the moment. The winding road that drove us to the lake, the lake so still you could hear a whisper. The first time I had ever been away from home. Finally I was free from school, free from routine, free from the life I once lived.

Driving out of our town I was scared, I haven’t left this place since I was 9 year....

He dragged her body into the van.

He propped her up on the passengers seat.

“Where would you like to go for dinner dear?”

He started the engine.

(Obviously) He got no response.

“Alright I guess I’ll pick.”

He drove onto the rode and took a sharp left.

“China Mama sounds great! We’ll go there.”

He scrunched his nose, trying to avoid the smell of her rotting carcass....

“No way!” Johnny said, high fiving his best friend George.

“Man, this is awesome!” George climbed onto the top and started jumping which violently shook the bus.

“George, be careful! Can’t have you breaking a limb before prom! Then we will have no chance at the crown!” Amanda reminded him, carefully stepping over leaves with her heels.

“Seriously, we told you we were going on a ‘adventure in th...

“Is there any particular reason you are in such a bad mood?” I poke at his ribs, letting out a giggle myself, but he doesn’t budge. “Oh, come on, grumpy…you’re no fun.” Dipping my head I mumble, “Danny, really, what’s going on?” I’m met with a frown on his face and the wind blowing my hair into my face.“Listen I’m trying my best here,” he stays silent, “and I’m sure that whatever it is, I can help...

When I was a little boy my parents gave me many toys, but my favorite were trains because they can take you to any place in the world.

My parents didn’t have much money but giving me toys on occassion was all that I wanted or rather needed. They said that I could be whatever I wanted- a teacher. An astronaut. A doctor. A painter. An illustrator.

Me? I wanted to become a train conductor. So tha...

“I won’t get us lost,” Ravi says.

“I didn’t get us lost either,” Rylee shoots back, trying to snatch the map from him.

“Ah, ah, ah… nope,” Ravi holds the map above his head, smiling down at Rylee.

“Asshole, gimmie that,” Rylee laughs, jumping up at the map, grabbing at Ravi’s arms.

“Nope, nope,” he jerks back and forth, keeping the map just out of reach.

Rylee jumps, wrapping around Ravi’s wai...

"Really?" I grumble to myself as the bus lurches to a stop in the middle of the bumpy stone path through the middle of the woods.

"How long have we even been driving? Like five hours?" my best friend, Mira asks.

The notoriously long drive to Camp Seaside would usually range from three to four hours, but we had to stop for some kid to barf. Three times. Then four bathroom pit stops, one flat tire...

I remember when I first got released from the hospital, I was trying everything in my power to get better, as you can tell from this video.

I can honestly say that this brain injury (TBI) has saved my life! Both literally and figuratively. I think back to before the accident, and I remember talking to my then bf about going to college, getting our own place, getting married, having kids, etc. A...

When you lie

I

Cover it up.

When you cry

I

Cover it up.

When you hide

I

Cover it up.

When you bleed

I’m there

To cover it up.

When you fall apart

I’m there

To cover it up.

When you lie

I’m there

To cover it up.

When I lie

You

Yell and you sneer.

When I cry

You

Drown me in my tears.

When I hide

You

Come find me in the dark.



When I bleed

You tell me

Clean it up.

When I fall apart

You’re there

To...