He learns the hard way not to trust a fake wizard! — (Iran) A man learned the hard way you can’t trust anyone to do a job you pay them to do. Factual Facts reported that a sorcerer told him he could make him invisible, so he could safely rob any bank he wanted. According to the report, the sorcerer not only…

After a break, it’s time to dust off my keyboard and start writing again! — After taking several months off, I think I am ready to start writing again. I took time off to give myself time to recenter my thoughts and heart. My ex-husband’s wife claims I was stalking her by writing about my life. I have to write. I am a writer, and…

My son came out as gay. His father couldn’t accept it, so it drove them further apart. — I have been sitting on this story for several weeks. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to share something so raw and personal. But I am a writer at heart, and I feel compelled to share my life with others. If for no other reason, my life can be a…

How a Hot Pocket argument led to divorce — My daughter came home from school yesterday with a school project. She had to write an essay about an event in her life that defined her. She shared a memory I completely forgot. So, I felt compelled to write it out here on Medium. My then-husband let a simple argument…

Fear isn’t real. I pushed through and proved to my inner bitch I am good enough! As I started school this week, I struggled with imposter syndrome. I thought I made a mistake by enrolling in legal studies classes. I wondered if I would be the laughingstock of the class…

My daughter didn’t get a chance to experience life. But I did. I live each day for both of us. — My miscarriage story is not any different from thousands of other expectant mothers. I had hopes and dreams for my daughter, but she didn’t make it. The pain of the loss lasted decades. I felt responsible for not being able to carry her to term. The loss prompted me to…

You can’t save them. But you can save yourself from their addiction. — After being married to an addict for far too long, I realized there was nothing I could do or say to make him stop using. It was something only he could do, and the odds were he would never get clean. When I tried to put my foot down and…

We became fast friends at preschool. Like me, her grandma raised her. We discovered we lived two houses from each other. In a matter of months, we became family to each other and were inseparable. Suzie (let’s call her this name to protect her) had a mother who was absent…

Grandma raised me from the age of three after my mom lost custody of me because of child abuse and neglect. Grandma thought her child-rearing days were over at 50, but she told many people she couldn’t say no to me after looking at my blonde curly hair and blue…