I never thought this would happen; never imagined even for an iota of a second that someone would see through me. How could they? I wasn't even aware of anything lingering below the surface. I guess sometimes that even I can be wrong, it just took someone with some balls to pull it out and force me to recognize it. I am the happy, sparkly cheerleader that every...

She sits, and she is alone. Every now and again she looks up as if she is waiting for someone to come and sit next to her, a friend perhaps. If they are running late she shows no signs of losing patience. With a heavy sigh she quickly stands up and walks away taking long, fast strides that seem perfectly calculated, as if she is forcing her legs not to break into a sprint.There are some days th...

The wooden stairs creak wearily under her heavy feet as she trudges slowly up onto the dust covered porch and pulls hard on the screen door. It gets stuck sometimes and she has to prop her thick-soled shoe against the dirty siding of the single wide to pry it open. As she walks in she is greeted by a gargantuan brown heater to the left and a counter to the right covered with five years worth of ...