Yep, it’s that time of the year again—when you decide you have to get your life together and start doing something great. And while it...

Lights. That was all I saw walking down the snow-and-slush-covered streets. I slipped a few times and finally gave up trying to hurry. I...

Read Part 1 here. “Calm down, you’re shaking like a chain smoker without a cigarette,” Katie said as she rang the doorbell to Phil’s...

The first time I saw Phil again was like a stab in the chest. It surprised me; I hadn’t expected to still feel the way I had about him...

My parents were missionaries to China, and I was born there. We were chased out during the Japanese invasion in 1944. The American...

I sit alone, surrounded by my problems. I look around, and they are there, silent, watching me. They are silent monsters that haunt me,...

I grew up pretty independent. I was adopted when I was two. My biological parents both left me and my other siblings. Not exactly the...

I love my mom. I really do. But sometimes she really pisses me off. Like this one time I decided to go to a rock festival with Josh. My...

Hello, everyone. This post was written by a dear friend of mine. I asked her to tell her story in regards to perfection, and I was very...

Day 4. Last night had been a nightmare. Kaylee had hardly slept, and when she managed to fall asleep, she’d dreamed that all her friends...

Day 3. Kaylee woke up uneasy for some reason… Then she remembered. Her eyes darted to the picture on the wall. Was it true? She went over...

Day 1. Kaylee checked her hair in the mirror one last time before leaving. She had to look great for the class picture today. Not that...

You’re not good enough. No matter how much you do, you’ll never do enough. No matter how good you look, you’ll never be pretty enough. No...

I decided to write a personal post this week. There have been so many exciting things going on in my life right now! For one, the past...

There are many types of alone. There’s the alone that nobody likes, when you seek company, but there is no one to give it to you. Then...

Sitting alone on a sidewalk bench, watching the people walk by on the street, I ponder one question: If I disappeared, who would look for...

The hot sun beating down on us and the sound of cars passing by seemed so foreign. We looked around, confused, squinting in the light. We...

Something was wrong with my island. Like, the more things I brought to make it better, the worse it got. I took some bug repellent to get...

From that day on, my life changed. Whenever something bothered me I left. Whenever I was bored I left. Whenever I just wanted to get away...

It happened for the first time the day my sister, Rachel, left. It’s just the two of us kids in the family, so it was a big deal to all...