I Don’t Know by Lindsey Schaffer
Look both ways before crossing the street, always chew before you swallow, don’t talk to strangers. These are the first basic lessons I learned from my parents. As I grew …
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Before or After the Fall
By Kelli C. Trinoskey Next to my desk at work, there is a picture of me with my three daughters standing in front of stone formations of South Dakota’s Badlands. …
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Link Roundup: December 14th, 2018
Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup (almost) every Friday. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please tweet it at me or Chronically Lit. The …
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The Recovering: A Chorus of Support in the Battle Against Addiction
My father quit drinking in 2013 when he was sent home from his fire station, still intoxicated from the night prior. The department offered him a choice: enter a probation …
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Straighten Up, Girl
By MacKenzie Dexter When I was fourteen, my spine was pinned with twenty-two screws and pinched with two ten-inch rods to correct my scoliosis that had curved my body at …
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Learning to Cope with Hearing Loss
I lived with my disability for five years before I found it existed. The comments started in high school. When I was in class and a friend would have to …
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Ain’t That Somethin’
by Noah Kirby Water would be nice, you think. But the nurse wasn’t asking you, she was asking your father. He lies there dying of cancer, but all you can …
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