The jewelry company Pandora put together this social experiment to celebrate the uniqueness of women and the special bond between a mother and her child. …
Sickness in My Skin by Megan Tyler
Through her piercing hazel eyes, the road to happiness starts with a glass plate of perfection. The diary of destruction nests below the pillow of …
My Favorite Photograph of Us by Talicha J.
This is where I like to go before I get to the cracked vase of our life together. The places we once existed but no …
I Can’t Remember Him Past Third Grade by Amanda Karwel
After that time my father kidnapped us, all of our custody exchanges happened in the police station parking lot. My sister and I were passed …
Anchor by Lori Werner
The first time I found him I was sixteen. He was crumpled under his bike like an unpaid bar tab. He smelled like cigarettes and …
Daughter Dawn by Michael Lee Johnson
Daughter Dawn Christine wakes under gray cracked South Bend, Indiana skies. Date is November 3, 1965, Memorial Hospital. The moon moves back, shelters this infant. …
Anger is Sadness Set on Fire by Megan Tyler
My mother made a slide show for my grandfather’s funeral, and I would stand in silence, observing the process, and she pushed me aside as …
A Memoir of Boredom by Aparna Datey
“I’m bored, Mom.” My twelve-year-old daughter, Mita, spat out the words. I knew this was a prelude to the next question, and it came predictably …
Ten Dollars by Clair Dunlap
for Dewey Dell my mama is a fish is a cycle is river to ocean to river to rebirth she taught me: be a …