Prompt Stories

This birthday adventure went terribly wrong, and still became a fond memory

I was expected to be okay with this

There was agony and ecstasy in the alternate reality of my youth.

A tale of taking the cake.

It ended with a car accident

Feeling a bit more popular after a good year in school, I invited those I was friendly with to celebrate my birthday

My dorm mates had fun anyway

Instead of the end of times, it was the beginning.

If only for a moment

I’ll never get a better gift than what I received on my 31st birthday.

But it was as fleeting as the men in my life

My birthday is December 21st — one day before my grandmother’s and nine days after my cousin’s. Before my grandmother passed away, my…

What I do for my birthday is unusual but simple and now I have to decide just how important it is to me

A birthday story. Or two…

Who thought this was a good idea?

Teenage grief and E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial

My 16th birthday was a blast

My worst birthday ever.

Though my grandparents may have forgotten them

Unforgettable Birthdays.

My attempt to answer Stan Hayward’s question

Birthdays and cultural capital

And My Parents’ Secret Was Out.