Story archives - tag: "denial"

His old, worn-out pair of Wellington boots haven't moved from their spot on the back porch in 10 years.

tags: death grief denial [add]

2011-04-12 13:23:37 / Rating: 351.75 /

annoyed

I think what bothers me the most is that my mother pretends not to understand why I will never leave my children alone at their house.

tags: children father abuse annoyed denial mother childhood [add]

2009-02-12 12:32:54 / Rating: 658 /

ashamed

Having no guilt over terminating a pregnancy is making me feel guilty.

tags: abortion sad pregnancy denial [add]

2008-05-30 10:10:37 / Rating: 456.75 /

Mark

Over two months later and I still can't bring myself to delete his name from my phone

tags: friend death mourning denial car wreck Tyler Varnado [add]

2008-04-08 17:04:35 / Rating: 634.5 /

kd

I finally must confess that, despite all efforts, I can no longer bring myself to vote for even the most beautiful and touching "One Sentence" submission, because that would mean admitting that my own story was nothing more than average.

tags: meta creativity pride hypocrisy arrogance denial [add]

2006-09-12 22:12:11 / Rating: 617 /