By Nicole Jones I keep trying to figure out how to write something and I keep not knowing how it starts. I keep getting in my own way, talking myself out of trying and into just waiting. For what, I’m not sure… to be better? To suddenly gain some qualification…

By To Write Love on Her Arms “If you see something, say something.” “When running, do so in a zig-zag motion.” “Stay on your hands and knees when hiding.” These are the lessons America is teaching its children. We are living in a world where mass shootings overwhelm our newsfeeds…

By Anonymous This piece is a firsthand recounting of the school shooting in Aurora, Colorado, that happened in 2021. The author wrote it a week after the tragic event. We ask that you use your discretion. You think you can handle it. You can prepare and know the routine. You…

By Mercy Wenger For the first 27 years of my life, I felt like a cartoon character. I would be washing dishes, brushing my hair, or performing any other mundane task — and then a family member, a friend, or maybe a co-worker would come up behind me. …

By Johannah Hildebrand Maybe it was controlled and maybe it was out of control. Whatever it was, it was recognizably (from the outside, at least) an issue. During my sophomore year of college, my 5’5 self transformed from an athletic, already thin and muscular weight to a dangerously low 88…

By Erin Frye As I think back over this last year, as I sort through the sparse collection of memories I have, I cannot help but wonder. I wonder if you’ve noticed how absent I’ve been. I wonder if you’ve noticed that I stumble over my words, that I cannot…

By Cat Calabrese “Can you tell me what brings you here today?” The doctor’s kind voice might as well have been sounding from a thousand miles away as I stared blankly at the white-washed walls of the hospital room. My mind felt even farther away as I strained to understand…

By Dr. Tera McIntosh April 1st, 2005. The day I tried to let my body go from this world. I remember the day because when my brother’s girlfriend kept calling him to tell him I was in the hospital, he hung up on her three times saying it was a…

By Becky Ebert “To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.” — Eckhart Tolle Have you ever thought, “Dying would be so much easier than living”? This is hard to admit, but as of recently, I have. I don’t care to romanticize death…