It wasn’t easy living with a goddess, but she never asked to be treated that way. — Note: Permission received from the subject. For a dramatic reading of the piece by the author, click play below. My twin sister, Alicia, is way hotter than me. I’d like to get that out in the open. After thirty-two years I’m at peace with it. These days, when people…

He told me he could say that “because he was gay”. And no, he wasn’t being cute. — I have a question for you. Have you ever been so astounded by the words spewing from someone’s mouth all you could do was stare? I ask because I found an old shirt in my closet today, black, long-sleeved, low-cut, one I wore as a uniform when I used to…

When the little things you used to love suddenly aren’t so cute, it’s time to reflect. — My ex-husband (who really is the sweetest) and I still aren’t divorced. The paperwork has either bounced back or we just up and didn’t want to deal with it all. It’s getting handled and not what the story is about, but it created the question that would unravel so many…

and then I turned around and got another, and another. — Moments ago I just received the final payout for a gig I received days ago that paid the largest amount I’d seen on Upwork. After that, they gave me another. Currently, I’m also working on another, with more to come. Hear me out. Two days ago I was staring at…

Even a little chip is a mark that has to heal all over again — I’d just stepped out of the shower, dripping wet, almost slipping across the tiles to answer the door for her. I think that’s why I find what she said so strange. Erica had a blunt way of speaking and often said of the cuff remarks, part of her charm. But…

Do people actually think this method works or…? — Okay, so, I’m still trying to figure this one out. People have a habit of surprising me daily and this one left me with a bunch of question marks. I met Jay last October. We worked together at the same theme park for the haunted season, I helped him out…

I smiled at him like he was anyone else, but what if he wasn’t? — My little dog, Barney, had already done his business at our apartment complex’s dog park when the young man reached out to me. He’d pulled up in a nice car, a Cadillac, I think, leaning out the passenger side as his window rolled down. “Miss,” he’d called out to me…

How to “sound” queer-phobic without saying you’re queer-phobic. — Shane had the biggest crush on Daniel — I’m talking huge. I’ve never seen googoo eyes on a man like that before. As his friend, I played wingman a lot during the few months we worked together, and I heard all about it. Not that I minded. Shane was a…

I didn’t even mention it. But why? — Kayla was a lovely girl. Pretty, kind, loyal to her customers and coworkers and a force to be reckoned with if someone crossed her. About two years into knowing her, she also became an expectant mother. Like a lot of people (including me), Kayla smoked. Often when I’d stepped out…