Story archives - tag: "hope"

Richard B

Losing my infant daughter was the most pain I've ever been in; her organs saving two babies was the balm that helped my healing and provided hope.

tags: child death hope [add]

2009-10-15 20:13:41 / Rating: 373.75 /

The wandering homeless

The day I dropped out of high school, botched my entrance into Harvard, and set out on my journey across the country on foot was the day I realized I would come back for you, and only you.

tags: wandering love returning hope dreams life travel friends life of a hobo [add]

2009-09-17 14:36:15 / Rating: 283.75 /

Eureka

I spend every day hoping someone in my community dies so that I can finish my 10-funeral-observation before I go back to school in August.

tags: death hope guilt [add]

2007-08-23 18:08:15 / Rating: 285 /

SnakCakes

This morning, on my bedroom floor, lay a dying firefly, its light blinking on and off, still signaling for a mate.

tags: summer death hope [add]

2007-07-31 14:36:30 / Rating: 513 /

Bokonon

The disease stole her health, her friends, her family, her money, but the sunrise was still beautiful.

tags: hope disease [add]

2007-07-20 15:42:52 / Rating: 272.25 /

Dave Walls

I keep telling myself 'the phone is going to ring', but after two months, I can't seem to believe myself anymore when it comes to job interviews.

tags: jobs work hope dreams career frustration [add]

2007-07-05 12:25:50 / Rating: 310.75 /

Nikole

I fell in love with a German tourist on a bus and although I don't remember his name and know I'll never see him again, I always hope he remember me too.

tags: love German bus name hope [add]

2007-06-04 12:23:03 / Rating: 326.75 /

Girl in English class

I finally admitted to myself that I liked him, but now I am scared that it will never work out.

tags: relationships confusion hope [add]

2007-02-12 12:32:03 / Rating: 278.75 /

Sparlingo

Walking away, it became clear that what was 30 minutes to me was for him an end to years of a most crushing hatred.

tags: life change coming of age outreach hope [add]

2006-12-04 09:32:39 / Rating: 239.5 /

cmonk

I was lost into a world of abuse, sex, and alcoholism at the ripe old age of three and it went downhill from there until my first day of sobriety some 20 years ago.

tags: childhood abuse sex hope alcohol [add]

2006-10-05 12:55:20 / Rating: 392 /

N

I used to pray every month for my period to come, but recently I've started hoping it wouldn't.

tags: hope pregnancy period love sex [add]

2006-09-11 22:37:45 / Rating: 585.5 /