CAROL KARL, a friend at work: Carol didn’t come in today, I see. BEATRICE: Hope it’s for the better. KARL: That marriage – it’s beyond words. BEATRICE: My osteopath, he told me my god-given knee was down to bone-on-bone. That’s their marriage — no cartilage left — time to...
The fertility lab mix up created mayhem on two continents.
When Suzette got DNA results, her world turned upside down.
At six I made my stage debut as a dancing bear, paired up with a science bear, the smartest boy in class. The only problem was that my underwear showed beneath my tutu, and whenever I spun around I felt an excruciating embarrassment along with the utter thrill of...
My fingers dance on the computer keyboard as I birth a short story. The phone rings; jolted out of my fictional world, I hear my neighbor’s voice. “It’s Karina,” she sobs. “Joe cut off his finger—hospital. . . .” “I’m coming.” I run out, leaving the door unlocked, grateful...
Looking back on your life, there probably is a moment, experience, or event that you can identify as the beginning of a clear direction for your life, even though it may not have been noticed as such at the time. This moment can probably be seen as a turning...
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