My Papa died when I was rather young. I have very few memories of him. Mostly feelings and images. Some of these images are artificial, told to me by others or from pictures in the family album. I know that my Papa played Barrel of Monkeys with my sister and me on one of our birthdays, but I don't really remember the event. I always had the impression that p...
The husband of a sister is called 'Jijaji' in India out of respect. Sonal's Sister Madhu is married to Rakesh. Rakesh and Madhu were visting his mother-in-law's home after their recent marriage just 2 months ago. His father-in-law was out of city on business trip. The relationship of sister-in-law and husband is very notorious for mind games in India, where...
It was a rainy nasty day. There was a deep seeping chill in the air making it a foul day to stand and wait for a bus. There was no way to hail a cab, which was actually empty, in less than ten minutes without getting soaked by the downpour. This was not Eric's day. He was late for a meeting uptown and the rain was making him choose the number 4 express tra...
This essay contains my thoughts about people whose personalities overwhelm everyone that comes into contact with them. My example is a high school classroom, but my thoughts apply to any group—the workplace, a PTA meeting, an online forum for smut writers, for example. ***** It is hard to imagine that one teenager has the power to make or break an entire s...
I was whistling as I pitch in the last bale of hay to the black mare. The horses were eating their hay when suddenly they start thrashing about in the stalls. "Still!" "Still!" I try to be soothing to the black mare but she is kicking the gate tenaciously. A sudden wind blows into the barn; the nesting birds fly from their nest and the cat stops playing...
Every night Han prayed. He burned cedar at the altar, kneeling nude there for hours in supplication. His father had taught him the ritual; he'd seen it work so long ago. Now he was of age and his own offerings went ignored. Weeks passed into months. The trees blossomed and died and snow lay mute on the world. Still he worshipped. The longer he was ignored,...
Authors Note: This is a recounting of an actual event that happened in my life a number of years ago when I was in a long distance relationship. Any feedback is more than welcome. *************************************** My father told me that I'd have the house to myself for a few hours when I got home from school one day...I could hardly contain my enthus...
I know that you can't tell, but I originally wrote this in pen. I spend so much of my time analyzing and overthinking everything I do for fear of making the same mistakes that I fail to live in the present. What I feel at present is compelling me toward total honesty with you, but I fear what it would mean for us. What do I feel? Right now, at this very mom...
Allen met Marie in Japan where they both were stationed, her as a dependent and him on active duty. They were married at the American Embassy in Tokyo Japan. She was going to college to be an accountant. She also can speak 3 languages and speak read and write 2 of them, English and Japanese. After they got married she chose not to go back to school. She deci...
When I first saw Julie I fell in love with her immediately from across the room. I fell even harder for her when I got the chance to talk to her and we hit it off. We started dating and things were going great. I figured we were at the point of having sex, but Julie always said no. She insisted that she could not and would not have sex with anyone until her...