Tag: fiction

  • Breadcrumbs

    Breadcrumbs

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series The story of my first crush is a little weird. I was twelve, and about as wild as they come. Not in a bad way, really. I just had this boundless energy that drove people nuts. I’ve always had it, even when I was a small child.  My parents…

  • The Release

    The Release

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series When Delilah was about three or four, I lost her in the grocery store. I found her – thank God – and the whole ordeal makes for an amusing anecdote, but that’s not the story I want to share at the moment.  After I told Levi what had happened,…

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series It’s not necessarily a good thing when the people you love think too highly of you. Dizzy always did, but that kind of changed the night of the spin the bottle game – when I broke down and told her that I had just as many fears as she…

  • Richer Stories

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series Having two brothers who were not much younger than many of my friend’s parents, it stands to reason that I had a niece and nephew before I graduated from junior high. It was pretty cool to call myself an aunt, because it was like some weird rite of passage.…

  • Winning

    Winning

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series My parents were practically flawless, but they experienced some really rough years, financially, just after I finished high school.  My father was sick and tired of trying to climb the corporate ladder. He worked his ass off, but was always overlooked when it came time for promotions – due…

  • Circle of Life

    Circle of Life

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series Having a child is the ultimate game changer. No matter how crazy or mixed up life may be, it finally starts to make sense, and you’re able to grasp a hold of this concrete, unwavering sense of the reason you exist – to keep your child safe. When I…