Story archives - February 2012

Meg

I didn't realize I had told the very chatty customer in my checkout line my last name until he sent me a message on Facebook to ask where I lived.

tags: stalker humor that scary moment when [add]

2012-02-28 15:06:01 / Rating: 171.5 /

HA!

When I asked him what size his shirt was, and he turned it around so he could check, I realized just how smart he actually was.

tags: kids smart funny [add]

2012-02-21 14:41:52 / Rating: 167.75 /

monsters

You had already punched me once and I had forgiven you, but when you raised your fist against my little sister you stopped being my father and became a monster.

tags: sister abuse loss father monster [add]

2012-02-21 14:41:16 / Rating: 346 /

mossum

A chill ran up my spine when the 9 year old standing near the buffet table said to me, "I'm not going to eat a single thing because that's what keeps me so slim and pretty."

tags: children anorexia eating disorders self-esteem body image [add]

2012-02-21 13:27:06 / Rating: 250 /

An hour late

I found out about my friend's attempted suicide as I pulled into her driveway to cheer her up.

tags: suicide friends [add]

2012-02-21 13:26:26 / Rating: 148.25 /

Dee

I became very disturbed when a 5yr old boy said to me, "Oh take me under the water so I can be sent up to heaven."

tags: drowning childhood [add]

2012-02-16 13:30:16 / Rating: 166 /

rooftops

I called your mom and wept for the first time in a decade because I felt like she was mine.

tags: mother lonely breakup boyfriend crying weeping sadness [add]

2012-02-16 13:28:22 / Rating: 127.75 /

Mother

There is nothing worse than seeing kids carrying a kids coffin.

tags: death [add]

2012-02-16 13:27:12 / Rating: 200 /

RK

No one ever believes me, but a one-legged man did steal my creative writing at a school camp.

tags: childhood school camp [add]

2012-02-09 19:01:46 / Rating: 226 /

Not the Only Smile

You said my crooked smile was amazing to draw, but then I found you loved to draw her perfect one better.

tags: drawing art love teenagers smiles other girl [add]

2012-02-09 18:36:26 / Rating: 250.75 /

B.A.

The other day I found a flash drive that had information about a really important court case.

tags: St v White excitement [add]

2012-02-09 18:35:15 / Rating: 99.25 /

RevIrrev

A hospice nurse I work with told our patient that he looks "like death warmed over" and thinks it's okay because it was a joke.

tags: hospice death inappropriate nurse [add]

2012-02-09 18:34:44 / Rating: 89 /