Visiting Grandma
- Post By: Kristen
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- Category: Nonfiction
Memory fails. But someone else’s memory always picks up the life left behind.
Read MoreSchool Boys
Four sepia school boys in collared shirts stop and pose in the afternoon clutter.
Read MoreA Teacher of Life—An Excerpt from Following Fit
- Post By: Kristen
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- Category: Nonfiction
Teaching was always who I was, until I no longer was a teacher. But a memorable dream, an email from a reader, and a difficult decision taught me I was still a teacher, even when I wasn’t one.
Read MoreAlready Clara
Jenny is haunted by the accident—she always remembers the blood. But dancing changes everything.
Read MoreTorn, Not Broken
Joe is tired— of eating pancakes, of his wife’s routine, of doing the same thing every day. Today is his chance to do different.
Read MoreMy Problem Dog Taught Me How to Be a Better Human
- Post By: Kristen
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- Category: Nonfiction
We could have sent Mojo back. Instead, we gave him everything we thought would help. And he gave us lessons in return.
Read MoreJust a Thought
She opened the glass door of the freezer case and reached for the yellow waffle box, right at eye level, the one with the red logo across the front. As her fingertips touched the waxy box, she felt her thoughts […]
Read MoreFortunate Daughter
- Post By: Kristen
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- Category: Nonfiction
It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no fortunate one. My father lost his steel plant job when I was maybe 6. He worked after that as a messenger for a local delivery company based on the East Side […]
Read MoreQui Tacet Consentire Videtur
- Post By: Kristen
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- Category: Nonfiction
His aged black Camaro pulled into the parking lot. The sunlight hit the windshield at just the right angle to catch my eye through the coffee shop’s windows and alert me to look up. He was alone today. I finished […]
Read MoreHow Having a “Husband” Changed Nothing—And Changed Everything
- Post By: Kristen
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- Category: Nonfiction
Getting married was the second last thing I thought I would ever do in life. It was never even on my list of things to accomplish. My list included college, graduate school, a nice home, lots of pets, a career […]
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