There’s no ‘magic pill’ for someone who stutters
“My parents would always tell me to slow down. Because as a stutterer, when you are trying to speak, you want to get everything out in one breath. But you can’t really do that. And when...
Category: Short Stories
Childhood trauma leads to life of stuttering
“When I was 5 years old, I was walking home from school one day when a German Shepherd attacked me. He jumped on me and bit my leg. From that point on, because of the shock...
Relationship partners on the same wavelength
“We actually met on a gaming console, Xbox. We were playing Grand Theft Auto. “We like all the same things. I mean, we just kind of think the same way. A lot of our opinions, like...
Thankful she’s no longer a struggling artist
“I don’t just create murals. I’m a visual, small-scale painter, too. “In the beginning, when I quit teaching middle school, I was supporting myself with my work. Then, when I was able to get some big...
You never know who you’ll meet painting murals
“I’ve been painting murals in the Houston area for 25 years. One of my favorite pieces is the Chase Bank mural, which I did in 2000. It was about 95 feet tall and 40 feet wide....
‘We’re pretty much married, just without the paper’
“We’ve been together five years. We’ve been engaged two years.” What’s your wedding plan? “We don’t really have one. I mean, it’s just paper. We’re pretty much married now, just without the paper.” Do you tell...
After scary start, she’s adjusting to freeway driving
“One of the things I miss about living in the UK is the transportation system over there. It’s easy to get on the train and go from point A to point B. Over here, everybody’s driving....
Online meet-up leads to new life in new country
“I met my husband online. We were friends through a social network. When we started talking on the phone, we had this connection. We didn’t struggle for words. It felt natural. “This went on for about...
He has a puzzle-like fascination with genealogy
“I had a fascination with Egypt, so I took a course in Egyptology. I learned to read hieroglyphs. Then I had a fascination with bagpipes, so I took lessons and learned to play them. I marched...
Education proves to be ‘my ticket out’
“My grandmother only made it up to seventh grade. All the other women before her on her side didn’t get further than that, either. So she wanted something better for me. She made sure I understood...
