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The Last Bird
Three lively and retired ladies in their late sixties were sitting on a bench in a park during a pre-COVID-19 time. They were discussing the nice weather they were having in October, a couple of weeks before Halloween, when usually it rained and the falling leaves snatched the show. The trees still stole the spectacle with their tears, but only lovers could be suffused in such solicitude.
Patrick M. OhanaPublished 3 years ago in HumansI Worked at the McDonald's Complaint Department
I’ve worked a lot of crappy jobs in my time, but none were so hideous and so bizarre as working in the McDonald’s complaint department.
Rachael DunnPublished 3 years ago in HumansA Life Defining Moment
If you could distil your entire life into one single defining moment as to who and what your are, what would it be? Now that is a very big ask. I mean where do you even begin to start with a question like that ?
Ryan O'BryanPublished 3 years ago in HumansThe Curry Kid
I was almost 8 years old when my family decided to leave the beautiful island of Indonesia. I always wondered what America would be like. As my innocent eyes gazed out the window of our plane, I turned to my older brother and asked him, “So does this mean we’re going to be white now?”. It was hilarious. To my pleasant surprise, my skin remained caramel brown when we landed. *Phew*
Anika Mustafiz (Imagine Violet)Published 3 years ago in HumansMore than an Eyeroll!
Emergency Medical Services, as with any public service, is very fluid. We go from job to job, ( "job" is the term we used instead of " call" ) We never know what we're going to be walking in on until we literally walk in. One of the best parts of the our job is that one day is never the same as the next and our " office" is our ambulance. Oh, and just so you know, it's not cool to vomit on the office floor.
Teresa WegrzynPublished 3 years ago in HumansHow To Reinforce Your Relationship Against Life, The Universe, and Everything
Every relationship has times when it feels like the world's against you. Stress builds up, stuff happens, and life gets in the way.
The Garden Variety Girl
To capture a memory, one must go back in time, whether they like it or not. This one, I do not… The year is vague, the episode of my life is clear, as if frozen in time. To opt to relive past pain may seem foolish if not necessary, but to visit the shadows of one’s life can perhaps help to better understand the why, and how of humanity. I am still in the “head scratching” phase of this quest.
DeEtta MillerPublished 3 years ago in HumansIndoor Skydiving
I was a small child, I wished that I could fly, just like so many other people. I watched a documentary of flamingos once and found myself wishing that I could be just like that flamingo. Just fly wherever I wanted to go. As a got older I learned that humans can not fly as we don’t When have the bone structure for it anyway. The natural way that is! There are many other ways that humans play, every day. From hot air ballooning, aerobatic planes, helicopters, gliders, and passenger planes. Those are some of the many ways in which people fly, daily. There is one way that I have flown that not too many people have, and that is through wind tunneling (indoor skydiving).
Alisha AllenPublished 3 years ago in HumansGenesis
Suffice it to say that, while enduring the woes of the ‘have nots’ during the 90s in Kalamazoo, MI, the idea of beauty and perfection wasn’t exactly at the forefront of my cerebral cortex. Put plainly, I was your traditionally featured tomboy like Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 classic, My Girl. I rocked bushy brows, baggy clothes, a ponytail, and some severely scarred extremities. I was flat chested and a mess. I literally cringe with anxiety when I come across throwback photos from that decade.
Why I Want to Share My Passion For Nostalgia
I'm a little biased. I grew up in the 1980s, so to me: it's the perfect decade. The older I get, the more I appreciate the things from my youth. Call it golden-age thinking--or wearing rose-colored glasses--but the memories of our past are still powerful.
James LogiePublished 3 years ago in HumansWhy I Still Ask People Where They Are Originally From
I know that asking people where they are originally from is not considered to be "politically correct" in today's society, and I can understand the reasons for that. You don't want to make people feel as if they don't belong. Here in Canada, a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian, as our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once said. And I don't ever want to make a Canadian feel that they aren't Canadian.
Chris HearnPublished 3 years ago in HumansMaturity In Life.
Maturity has nothing to do with age. It’s a state of mind. So don’t be fooled into thinking otherwise. When you’re able to be patient in an impatient society, when you can walk away from things that disturb your peace, when you do what’s right & ignore what’s not, you’ve matured.
A B MuhammadPublished 3 years ago in Humans