Hannah Stanton
Stories (26/0)
An Open Letter to My Sister
Dear Ashley, When Joshua started dating you, I was ecstatic! I immediately considered you to be the sister that I never had. Having three older brothers made me cling to you, which annoyed Joshua to no end. I’m sure I was overwhelming (an eight-year-old girl that frequently ran around naked) to you (an only child), but you still tucked me in at night and listened to what I had to say. You have no idea how much that meant to me. I craved the connection that my brothers shared simply because they were boys. They had this shared inside understanding and I was jealous. You filled the void perfectly! And as I got older, that connection became even more essential to me. I remember feeling so cool when you would take me to the mall or to get a snow cone. It felt so nice to know that you actually wanted to hang out with me. When I was eleven or so, the bullying that I experienced at school got worse and I was in a really dark place, but your hangouts helped keep me going. You encouraged me without knowing it and made me feel wanted when it seemed like none of my other friends cared about me. In fact, you were the first person I talked to about my struggles with mental health because I knew that you wouldn’t freak out.
By Hannah Stanton2 years ago in Families
My Peace is Found in Writing
“Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.” -E.Y. Harburg “One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.”
By Hannah Stanton3 years ago in Humans
A Night to Remember
I met Caleb in a small-town coffee shop on a beautiful winter day almost 10 years ago. I had just gotten off the phone with my friend, after telling her all about how I had been stood up, when suddenly there was a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and there before me was the most attractive man I had ever seen. He was around six feet tall, had long, brown hair, a hint of a beard, green eyes, and a smile that would make anyone swoon.
By Hannah Stanton3 years ago in Fiction