Stories

  • Boats Against The Current

    Boats Against The Current

    What would you do if you had ruined the first meeting with someone who could have been your best friend?

    Time to read:

    52–78 minutes

  • Strangers In Moscow

    Strangers In Moscow

    Can you say yes to such a gift from someone you only just met?

    Time to read:

    9–14 minutes

  • In the Eye of the Storm

    In the Eye of the Storm

    What are the options to save your best friend from a broken home?

    Time to read:

    16–24 minutes

  • The White Pill

    The White Pill

    A mother has an important decision to make.

    Time to read:

    4–7 minutes

  • All That She Wants

    All That She Wants

    Two teens discuss selfconfidence and who is responsible for it

    Time to read:

    8–12 minutes

  • The Tone Which Is Not Played

    The Tone Which Is Not Played

    A wild weekend has the prospect of derailing lives forever …

    Time to read:

    12–18 minutes

  • Like Blood In A Darkroom

    Like Blood In A Darkroom

    Four young friends meet to celebrate New Year’s Eve and how everything will be better now after high school.

    Time to read:

    23–35 minutes

  • Fighting For the Gospel

    Fighting For the Gospel

    Love is a form of madness.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Roads To Leave By

    Roads To Leave By

    Someone just died and you feel like running away forever. What if you did?

    Time to read:

    13–19 minutes

  • Paint Me the Places You’ve Seen

    Paint Me the Places You’ve Seen

    Tips on monster-hunting in Honduras.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • The Division of Lima

    The Division of Lima

    How far do you have to travel to escape your grief?

    Time to read:

    6–8 minutes

  • Islands in the Mind

    Islands in the Mind

    Meeting the perfect traveling companion is sometimes reason to leave as soon as you can.

    Time to read:

    12–17 minutes

  • New Year’s Day

    New Year’s Day

    Facing a difficult life situation is sometimes only possible with a fellow traveler.

    Time to read:

    36–53 minutes

  • The Halo Of Our Souls

    The Halo Of Our Souls

    Helping others can have unexpected consequences for yourself.

    Time to read:

    12–19 minutes

  • Until You See the Signs

    Until You See the Signs

    A story about the way we often say goodbye to past relationships.

    Time to read:

    14–21 minutes

  • The Morning After

    The Morning After

    How to be stranded in a Bolivian airport, waiting for someone who may never come.

    Time to read:

    14–21 minutes

  • The One I Tried to Destroy

    The One I Tried to Destroy

    You can take the man out of the war but not the war out of the man.

    Time to read:

    31–46 minutes

  • That Imaginary Desert

    That Imaginary Desert

    War and Peace, chat-length.

    Time to read:

    3–5 minutes

  • Carrie’s Theme

    Carrie’s Theme

    Some very good offers should be refused.

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Blowing My Blues Away

    Blowing My Blues Away

    A story about what it feels like when you are driving over the cliff

    Time to read:

    23–34 minutes

  • A Letter For My Daughter

    A Letter For My Daughter

    Going cold turkey in a lonely motel room can enhance your parenting skills.

    Time to read:

    2–3 minutes

  • That Which Cannot Be Broken

    That Which Cannot Be Broken

    When a derelict woman witnesses a violent assault, she must make a profound decision about her own identity.

    Time to read:

    31–47 minutes

  • Paris Nowhere

    Paris Nowhere

    How it feels to take a trip to the middle of nowhere.

    Time to read:

    2–3 minutes

  • The Frozen Horizon

    The Frozen Horizon

    What do you see when you look for your future?

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Shadows In The Shape Of Men

    Shadows In The Shape Of Men

    In a boarding house on the edge of the world, you may meet new friends whose scars rival your own.

    Time to read:

    31–47 minutes

  • Portrait of a Killer

    Portrait of a Killer

    After ending a violent relationship, when is it time to ditch your gun?

    Time to read:

    30–44 minutes

  • Scars of Our Civil Wars

    Scars of Our Civil Wars

    Millions of people lived, died and then were forgotten throughout history. What if you became obsessed with one of them?

    Time to read:

    33–49 minutes

  • Election Night

    Election Night

    Deciding to quit drugs is like trusting politicians. The outcomes are always uncertain.

    Time to read:

    5–7 minutes

  • Like The Wind Through My Tree

    Like The Wind Through My Tree

    A lonely cop is trying to figure out if he has the courage to start a relationship with the lonely waitress. Or if he even should.

    Time to read:

    15–22 minutes

  • Like Grace From The Earth

    Like Grace From The Earth

    Photography sometimes captures life better than living it.

    Time to read:

    30–46 minutes

  • Mindfields

    Mindfields

    It is always so f… difficult to give yourself some credit. Unless you can give it to someone else first.

    Time to read:

    10–15 minutes

  • Timeless Wavelength

    Timeless Wavelength

    What to do when the world’s on fire? A story.

    Time to read:

    5–7 minutes

  • Up That Hill

    Up That Hill

    Brothers in arms do not always fight for the same thing. A story.

    Time to read:

    7–11 minutes

  • Joan in the Dark

    Joan in the Dark

    Can thinking of good memories outweigh the terror of impending death? A rescue worker captured in the desert is about to find out.

    Time to read:

    31–47 minutes

  • Starlight

    Starlight

    What angels do you call on to keep away the fear as you get older?

    Time to read:

    9–13 minutes

  • Leylines

    Leylines

    Do autistic children have their own language?

    Time to read:

    10–15 minutes

  • Próxima Estación: Esperanza

    Próxima Estación: Esperanza

    Can you save your future by going back to your past?

    Time to read:

    9–13 minutes

  • Black and White

    Black and White

    How to pick the right side in a fight between your father and your brother.

    Time to read:

    8–12 minutes

  • New Year’s Day II

    New Year’s Day II

    Sometimes every day is new year’s day.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Guarantees

    Guarantees

    When your family is in crisis – is your job an asset or a liability?

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Maps vs. Legends

    Maps vs. Legends

    How can you be sure of love, when you are not sure of anything else?

    Time to read:

    3–5 minutes

  • More Mileage

    More Mileage

    Start taking Taekwondo-classes and you will enjoy getting kicked to the floor again and again.

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Warriors

    Warriors

    A story about making a sacrifice that changes another life forever.

    Time to read:

    17–25 minutes

  • Just For One Day

    Just For One Day

    Everyday life is a bitch. And then you stand up and go another round.

    Time to read:

    8–12 minutes

  • Breaking Diamonds with Your Hand

    Breaking Diamonds with Your Hand

    Is there a pill for enduring it all?

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • The Battle You Have To Win

    The Battle You Have To Win

    How not to give a shit about people not giving a shit.

    Time to read:

    3–4 minutes

  • Your Hands Onto My Soul

    Your Hands Onto My Soul

    Let’s talk about the sex we don’t have as parents with special needs kids.

    Time to read:

    5–8 minutes

  • So Many Songs

    So Many Songs

    Would it be easier if we knew the reason other people hurt us?

    Time to read:

    6–9 minutes

  • Lorem ipsum

    Lorem ipsum

    Do you spend too much time thinking about what could have been?

    Time to read:

    5–8 minutes

  • Under Fire

    Under Fire

    There’s a difference between quitting a relationship and being over it.

    Time to read:

    5–7 minutes

  • Good Enough

    Good Enough

    Birthday gifts can’t cure loneliness, but sometimes they come close.

    Time to read:

    5–7 minutes

  • The Rainbow’s Edge

    The Rainbow’s Edge

    Deciding what to do with the rest of your life, doesn’t get any easier over time.

    Time to read:

    3–5 minutes

  • The Answer to Everything

    The Answer to Everything

    The meaning of life is not necessarily the answer you need.

    Time to read:

    5–8 minutes

  • Like A Memory

    Like A Memory

    Fighting to remain an artist when life has overtaken you.

    Time to read:

    2–4 minutes

  • Farewell to Arms?

    Farewell to Arms?

    A single decisive moment in life can stretch on for decades.

    Time to read:

    6–8 minutes

  • At the Top of My List

    At the Top of My List

    The best excuse for doing anything you really want but always “can’t”.

    Time to read:

    6–9 minutes

  • Across Icy Pools

    Across Icy Pools

    Finding your true self is like giving birth. For a long time it is just … painful.

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Rings and Fellowships

    Rings and Fellowships

    Remember those teenage friendships that would last forever?

    Time to read:

    3–4 minutes

  • All Things Born That Day

    All Things Born That Day

    Learning from a very unique teenager how to deal with your midlife crisis.

    Time to read:

    2–4 minutes

  • Confidence in Spirit

    Confidence in Spirit

    The hardest part about wanting to help people is making way for others who are more suited to the job.

    Time to read:

    5–7 minutes

  • The Morning Sun

    The Morning Sun

    Another suburban morning II.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Some are Here, Some are Missing

    Some are Here, Some are Missing

    Untraditional methods for dealing with high school reunions as a special needs parent.

    Time to read:

    5–7 minutes

  • With Our Song

    With Our Song

    Please, recognize what’s special about yourself – and others – before it’s too late.

    Time to read:

    4–7 minutes

  • Monuments

    Monuments

    The things we keep in the attic can either help or harm us.

    Time to read:

    5–8 minutes

  • Found in the Fire

    Found in the Fire

    Some things can never burn away. A story about a mother.

    Time to read:

    9–14 minutes

  • Without An Alibi

    Without An Alibi

    Three reasons why even the most powerful magic can’t change your life.

    Time to read:

    30–45 minutes

  • Make War and Love

    Make War and Love

    Will it be worth anything to write a memoir – if you are just an ordinary person?

    Time to read:

    3–5 minutes

  • Catch the 22

    Catch the 22

    When asking for help is just more stress.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • The Expanse

    The Expanse

    When is it a problem that you can’t feel anything?

    Time to read:

    2–3 minutes

  • Soul Places

    Soul Places

    We do what we have to do – every day.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • A Question of Time

    A Question of Time

    Sometimes saving a family means doing things that’ll tear them apart.

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Breaks

    Breaks

    Another suburban morning.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • If Gifts Were Horses

    If Gifts Were Horses

    Why would you refuse something that could really make a difference in your life?

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • A Fighting Song

    A Fighting Song

    What’s the deal with obsessing about relationships that ended 20 years ago?!

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Facing the Tide

    Facing the Tide

    Even if you are married with children creativity is still your friend.

    Time to read:

    2–4 minutes

  • Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    Everything is politics.

    Time to read:

    5–7 minutes

  • Unbreaking My Heart

    Unbreaking My Heart

    The place where I lay aside my losses.

    Time to read:

    5–7 minutes

  • Waiting for the Update

    Waiting for the Update

    It’s never what you really need, is it?

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Losing Your Place on Earth

    Losing Your Place on Earth

    Guns don’t kill people. But why do people then use guns?

    Time to read:

    2–4 minutes

  • The Cold Has A Voice

    The Cold Has A Voice

    Sometimes the dead are more alive to us than many of the living.

    Time to read:

    6–9 minutes

  • Things Worth Fighting For

    Things Worth Fighting For

    Special needs parents don’t plan vacations – they plan sacrifices.

    Time to read:

    7–10 minutes

  • The Voyage

    The Voyage

    The older you get the faster time feels like it is running out. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

    Time to read:

    5–8 minutes

  • Only the Children

    Only the Children

    Fighting the guilt as a special needs parent is a fight you have to live with, always. And you can.

    Time to read:

    4–5 minutes

  • Future in Our Hands

    Future in Our Hands

    Love and pain often go together, but only one of them should win.

    Time to read:

    4–7 minutes

  • Kitchen Table Issues

    Kitchen Table Issues

    Why she never cared to read about her father’s war …

    Time to read:

    17–25 minutes

  • Loaded Dice

    Loaded Dice

    Ever been only 25 percent unfaithful?

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Ceasefire

    Ceasefire

    Carrie and her father embark on a difficut trip to the past

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • The Starting Line

    The Starting Line

    Getting to get to know an old enemy all over again.

    Time to read:

    7–11 minutes

  • The Summit (I)

    The Summit (I)

    Is peace between a daughter and a father to be found at a mount of war?

    Time to read:

    14–21 minutes

  • The Summit (II)

    The Summit (II)

    Going back to the place your life was spared and shattered at the same time.

    Time to read:

    15–23 minutes

  • Tea in the Sahara

    Tea in the Sahara

    How do special needs parents balance hope and realism? How about every day …

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Just Do It

    Just Do It

    The choice you have to make for any challenge life throws at you.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Bullseye

    Bullseye

    Those of us who think too much about death while living, have a lot of work to do.

    Time to read:

    2–3 minutes

  • The One Thing

    The One Thing

    How to get at least some energy every day when there is none.

    Time to read:

    2–3 minutes

  • Red Lines

    Red Lines

    Can your words make a difference in the world?

    Time to read:

    3–4 minutes

  • Constitution

    Constitution

    As we approach the day of decision one thing should never be in doubt.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • The Only Faith There Is

    The Only Faith There Is

    Do you believe in serendipity?

    Time to read:

    3–4 minutes

  • A Tale of 2 Citizens

    A Tale of 2 Citizens

    Who makes the first move … to listen?

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Send Your Love

    Send Your Love

    The more connections I have, the less I feel them.

    Time to read:

    3–5 minutes

  • Not To Tell Another Lie

    Not To Tell Another Lie

    Wanting to live from your passion can be like a drug

    Time to read:

    8–12 minutes

  • If the Game Went Wrong

    If the Game Went Wrong

    A Christmas story based on a small but very real miracle.

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • Radio Static

    Radio Static

    Innocuous dinner-talk can be a survival strategy in a chaotic world. But for how long?

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • The Graph on the Wall

    The Graph on the Wall

    We know it is time to slow down when life slows us down.

    Time to read:

    4–5 minutes

  • Coral Treasures

    Coral Treasures

    What can always defeat the darkness?

    Time to read:

    6–10 minutes

  • Holding the Line

    Holding the Line

    How not to attend a funeral because you have special needs children.

    Time to read:

    11–16 minutes

  • Moments of Lost Time

    Moments of Lost Time

    What memories last half a century?

    Time to read:

    5–8 minutes

  • No Other Could See Me Through

    No Other Could See Me Through

    When someone is dying, you might get closer to the people you thought you lost.

    Time to read:

    9–14 minutes

  • The Smell of Rain

    The Smell of Rain

    A little story about the importance of rain drops.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Looking for the Stars

    Looking for the Stars

    We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking …

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • The Fence

    The Fence

    Thinking about how to get out of a unique kind of prison.

    Time to read:

    8–12 minutes

  • To Keep or Not to Keep

    To Keep or Not to Keep

    Do you throw out things or memories? There is no easy answer …

    Time to read:

    7–10 minutes

  • The View from Babel

    The View from Babel

    When you know how to change for the better, what does it take to actually do it?

    Time to read:

    4–5 minutes

  • Rifts of the Mind

    Rifts of the Mind

    Peace of mind as a special needs parent is the treasure you always seek.

    Time to read:

    4–6 minutes

  • The Arsenal

    The Arsenal

    Sleepless nights and how to be in them.

    Time to read:

    3–4 minutes

  • His Last and First Breath

    His Last and First Breath

    Facing survivor’s guilt in a way nobody could have foreseen.

    Time to read:

    34–51 minutes

  • Pirañas Under Our Feet

    Pirañas Under Our Feet

    Finding out that an old friendship perhaps never was what you imagined it to be.

    Time to read:

    12–18 minutes

  • Shining Through

    Shining Through

    A postcard from 2027.

    Time to read:

    2–3 minutes

  • Someone Else’s Dream

    Someone Else’s Dream

    In France, two young lovers must deal with the cages of the past.

    Time to read:

    7–11 minutes

  • Kyrie

    Kyrie

    On her first vacation overseas, a young woman is struggling to keep her first relationship going.

    Time to read:

    3–5 minutes

  • To Cut a Long Story Short

    To Cut a Long Story Short

    A postcard from 2032.

    Time to read:

    1–2 minutes

  • Ground Control

    Ground Control

    A serious problem is put into new perspective.

    Time to read:

    3–4 minutes

  • Maps vs. Legends

    Maps vs. Legends

    How can you be sure of love, when you are not sure of anything else?

    Time to read:

    3–5 minutes


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