I have now been lifted up above your afflicting hands, and you will no longer be able to hold me down. I now float above you, and I am free—free of all the harsh words and pain that you have... Read more >>

That’s what I want to tell my three of my “friends.” Thank you so very much for hurting me like this. Alicia, thank you for being so self-obsessed that you cannot be happy for me.... Read more >>

I was somewhere. I felt like someone was watching me and all I could hear was someone screaming my name, “Ellie, Ellie,” and then it started fading in the shadow of the woods. So, like my... Read more >>

I work in a hospital as a nursing assistant. One day I was working, and my boss came to me and said that we need to talk. I thought, What did I do wrong? I am very outgoing and love people, so I enjoy... Read more >>

The heart can be so complicated when it comes to love. We all are guilty of holding on to someone too long and prolonging the pain for whatever reason. We want to believe that they did care and did... Read more >>

Since I still don’t know exactly what is wrong me with, I have decided to continue working (there isn’t any reason, other than I am constantly nauseated, in pain, and generally feeling... Read more >>

The wet, humid heat of that last autumn night, clung to my skin like a thick, heavy shroud. Tossing about, rejected by sleep, I thought about the time we’ve spent, searching about in... Read more >>

I just read about SETI Institute’s Earth Speaks, where people are invited to write a free-form message to beings from places other than Earth. A researcher analyzed over nine hundred messages... Read more >>

What if pain in childbirth is an unnecessary remnant from human evolution? Natural childbirth advocates often claim that the pain of childbirth brings a variety of benefits. Indeed, there are some... Read more >>

Imagine for a moment, if you will, that you awaken one morning to an unimaginable pain.  From nowhere that you know of, you have burning pain and swelling. Confused, you determine that... Read more >>