Shannon ~   1879 ~  London, England
     I told him that my name was Shannon. It seemed like a nice name at the time and I wasn’t inclined to share my real name with a stranger.
     It was raining that night and I was huddled in a doorway, shivering cold without a coat. He was just leaving the pub on the corner when I first noticed him; an older ( Read more... )

Alison ~ 1849 ~ Oxford, England

I don’t know why I couldn’t stop crying, or why his words always had the power to break my heart. Sebastian never loved me. I knew that now. Maybe I knew all along. But hearing it…actually hearing it out loud…left ( Read more... )

Julianna

Julianna rested a hand against her swollen belly as she sat down for a moment to rest in her new kitchen. She was four months pregnant and today was her thirtieth birthday. She didn’t expect Friedrich home until sometime that night - he was working late at the Institute again - but still she couldn’t help wishing he could be ( Read more... )

Anika     ~ 1942 ~ Germany

She rode her bicycle through the streets trying to get to the tavern before it was too late. The owner had been friends with her father and was hiding her family until tomorrow when they would be leaving the country. But after what she had just overheard from two German soldiers - tomorrow would be much too late. Anika ( Read more... )

Heidi  ~ 1971 ~ Los Angeles, USA

It wasn’t the old man’s fault that I was sitting on a cliff, thinking of jumping; or that I couldn’t stop crying. He had been nothing but kind to me; which, given the circumstances, was highly unexpected. Perhaps it was his kindness then that broke my heart?
     I’d showed up at his Malibu beach house at seven ( Read more... )

      Diving into the unknown is often called "The Leap of Faith". In whatever culture you may belong, whatever religion you may have, you have the element of Faith. Whether it is faith placed in a God, or faith placed in many gods or faith placed in yourself, it is that powerful feeling building up inside that we all know and love. It has always ( Read more... )