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'When I felt really hopeless and like a burden to my family, I took action and tried to find online jobs that I could do. Being accepted into a position where I could gain income without taking a toll on my mental health was very motivating for me. I feel more hopeful towards the future now.'
| "I find lots of online jobs on internet. Working from home takes a lot of self-discipline. Before I become a remote worker, make sure I have a good system for keeping myself organiozed and on task. Use whatever works for i make a bullet journal organize my duties on trello keep pa detailed google calendar with calendly... |
'Going to my sisters wedding. Seeing the ring boy fall over and my sister saying i do. I felt that this was the biggest thing that happened at the wedding and it was very memorable for me .'
| 'Two months ago I was able to attend my big sisters wedding. I\'m not the kind of person that likes big events, and usually avoid large crowds. For my sister, I was more than willing to put aside my own anxiety. My sister is a very special person to me. I was always close to her, and being able to see her that happy ma... |
'There was a feral or stray cat that came to my house. I fed the cat and patiently spent time with it until the cat stayed with me until I made it my pet cat.'
| 'When I first saw the cat I felt sorry for it and took it into my house. The cat looked so sad when I gazed upon it. It looked at me with so much sorrow in its eyes. I went to pick the cat up to comfort its pain. It has been a few weeks past since I took the cat into my house. I am so happy to see the cag is safe now. ... |
"I went to a friend's birthday party on my own where I would not know a large majority of the other guests. I broke out of my shell and made a lot of new friends and had a blast."
| "I just went to a birthday party for Erik that was taking place at Mike and Kaitlyn's house. I was hesitant about going, because while I like hanging out with Erik, I do not know most of his good friends that would be going to the party. Many of my other friends also were not going to be there because they were travell... |
'A random Tinder date that I expected absolutely nothing of completely changed the way I life my life. I went from being unhappy, to being the happiest I have ever been because during this date I met my current fiancee.'
| "So I met a woman on Tinder about 6 months ago that I just wanted to hang out with; maybe have some sexual relations, but that was about all. We ended up going out to dinner one night and started talking about everything in life. Though the conversation was just casual, I truly felt like the woman was amazing. She knew... |
'I was on my way home from the grocery store when a black bear ran out in front of my car. It really shocked me, to say the least.'
| "I was coming home from the grocery store a couple of months ago. It was early in the morning, around six-thirty. The roads weren't busy, so I was pretty relaxed as I made the drive home, just taking my time. Anyway, I was getting very close to my house, maybe only half a mile away, when a black bear ran out in front o... |
'The man insult my friend so i am not interested in my friend birthday.I was eagerly went to ask the reason for the insult. But my friend never open his mouth.'
| 'Last month was my friend Henry\'s birthday. We went to the local bar that night to celebrate. I think it was a Buffalo Wild Wings, which was great because that is one of my favorite places to eat, I really love their wings. We were watching the Lakers game on one of the big screen TVs there, and just having a good tim... |
"It's very hard to be without a refrigerator in the middle of summer with no extra money to buy another one. It's also terrible to have an argument over something so stupid and for the only reason that you are frustrated with a situation you have no control over."
| "This is unbelievable. My crappy refrigerator finally kicked the bucket. Even worse, I have no money to get a new one. I went and checked out one I saw on Craigslist, but I'm pretty sure something was growing in it. Too bad my credit sucks. I went and applied for a Lowe's Card and got denied, story of my life. As if it... |
'My household let a friend stay with us, and we thought it would be nice. After a while things went sour.'
| "My fiance and I let our long time friend move in with us, and two months ago, we had to kick him out. He originally said it would be just for a little while, but he ended up being here for just about 3 years. He has never lived alone, and has ended up moving back into his mother's house. Things have not gone well sinc... |
'A special crystal skull conference was decided to be offer by a friend. This friend invited me to be a speaker but rejected my help to be a part of the organization team, which I found very disappointing after my many years of experience with such.'
| "Here I was thinking that my friend really appreciated me and my help, but she in fact doesn't really appreciate my expertise and rejected me even though I feel as if I am qualified to do this for her. I have around 14 years of experience with crystal skulls. About 6 more years experience than my friend does. I went to... |
'My wife gave birth to our first child, a baby girl, on May 27. Her labor was long and pretty eventful, and the aftermath was the most special event of my life.'
| "On May 27, my wife gave birth to our first child, a beautiful baby daughter that we instantly loved more than anything in the world. The entire experience was more emotionally moving than I anticipated. It started with a very long labor for my wife who initially tried to go through labor without relief from drugs, and... |
'I accepted a mentally unstable person into a sober living home that I manage. This person caused a lot of turmoil in the house for over 3 weeks. It was challenging to exit him from the house.'
| "I manage a sober living which involves taking in newcomers into my house. Some of them have months of recovery already, some have a few days, but it's always unique. Each person comes in with their own personalities, pasts, goals, strengths & weaknesses. A couple months ago someone who has worked with our house before... |
'I was chosen to participate in a senior research project at my university. I was one of two students chosen to travel to Maine for a grant research project with all expenses paid. This research paper will be published.'
| "On Thursday of last week I had an appointment to meet with my senior research mentor. My mentor had great and surprising news for me. I had been chosen from over 300 students to travel to the state of Maine to participate in a research study. The trip will be paid in full by my university. I was one of two students ch... |
'I got a job at a big box store but quickly learned that my position was being eliminated. I worked until the last night with my overnight crew mates and we had a final poignant night together, then went our separate ways, feeling bittersweet about the experience.'
| 'A few months ago I lost my job at a big box store. I had actually just joined a couple months prior to that, and on my first night of working the overnight shift, I was told that the store was transitioning to new hours and my job was being eliminated. I decided to stay on until the end of overnights. The whole experi... |
'I received a letter on the door from my landlord saying that the property has been sold. My rent increased which has made it hard to save and prepare to move.'
| "Oh God, here we are... I had been dreading such a thing and now it has happened. Ms. Fong sold the property and the new owners are looking at making as much money out of it as they can. We know the drill, don't we? They are jacking up the rents as much as they legally can. Then, when people leave because they can't af... |
'What happened was after many contentious fights, I broke up with my boyfriend. It was an emotionally tough phone call that needed to happen, and was for the best.'
| 'About three months ago, I broke up with my boyfriend. We had been dating for about 6 months prior to the breakup. Everything was going okay enough, but recently we had started fighting more often and his communication skills left something to be desired. I remember I told him that we needed to talk, and asked him to g... |
'The story is about applying for a new role in the company I currently work for. It talked about my desire for the job, the interview process and how I felt about a new beginning.'
| "The type of job that I currently do is data entry. It becomes very mundane and boring looking at the same screen and typing in similar material. 12 weeks ago, a new job opened up that seemed interesting. It is a far cry from what I am doing. There is more interactions and less of the same old thing going on. I was ner... |
'I dropped my young daughter off at a ballet summer intensive program out of state. This was the first time she was ever away from home and I was both excited and nervous as was she. It was six weeks long and culminated in a final performance.'
| "Dear Dairy...About 3 months ago I had a little melt down. School just got out for the summer and I took Babbet to ballet school. I know she is enjoyed it and I am so thrilled that she has the opportunity. It is just the age old anxiety that most parents have when their children go off without them at what seems to be ... |
"I moved to California. I felt lonely so joined a MeetUp group. I've since made a lot of friends and love my life in California."
| "I recently moved to California. Moving to California was a really difficult decision. I'd lived in Washington DC for the last 10 years, and all my friends and family are there, or on the East Coast. I originally moved to Malibu, and, though it was beautiful, I felt isolated and really missed my friends and family. I w... |
"It's about losing my horse very suddenly. He was fine in the morning, and very ill by 10 a.m. Waiting for the vet was horrendous. By night he was gone and buried. I had owned him for 28 years."
| 'I lost my beloved horse, Corky very suddenly about 4 months ago. I had fed him, and he ate his breakfast just fine, and went out to eat hay with his buddy Jed. When I came back from walking my dog, he was repeatedly lying down and getting back up. I called the vet, and he came and gave him meds to ease the pain and he... |
'I moved from Massachusetts to New Mexico. I drove with my girlfriend, and our cat. It was a long drive.'
| "I have lived in MA since I was born. In fact, I had never even left MA. I am the definition of not well-traveled. Last year, we both graduated from college and managed to get jobs at the same company. The only issue was, it was in New Mexico. I had planned to live in MA my entire life. I do not like change. But this w... |
'I lost my first foster kitten a few weeks ago. It broke my heart because I did not realize how hard it was going to be.'
| "I recently lost my first foster baby. She was a tiny kitten named Pina Colada but I had nick named her Minnow because she was a small fish in a big pond. She was a really sweet kitten but had been taken from her mother way too soon so had some issues eating. She did pretty okay for the first few days and then went dow... |
'My son had a medical problem we had to take him to urgent care for. Then another problem came shortly after.'
| "My 18 month old son had a medical problem with his toe. We had to go to urgent care that night because it was literally blue and swollen. The doctor let us know after a very short moment of looking at it that it was nothing to worry about. The problem is called cellulitis, it was a minor infection and they put him on ... |
'My house burned down in April. Because it took the fire department so long to get to our house, almost everything was ruined by the time they put it out. Despite that and the fact that everything I owned was destroyed, I am just thankful that my family made it out okay.'
| "About five months ago I had a house fire. We all got out, along with our terrified cats. My husband was not able to get us in our car because the flames were too close to the vehicle. Although everything we had perished in the blaze because the fire department took a while to arrive, I thought we at least still had ou... |
"My old neighbors moved out and my new neighbor moved in. I was concerned about what type of person my new neighbor might be, but as it turns out, there was absolutely nothing to worry about. My new neighbor's great."
| 'So a couple weeks ago, the Parkers, my direct next door neighbors moved out. I didn\'t have all the details but they\'re getting on in years and going back to Jamaica. They were incredibly nice to my family since they moved in, so I\'m going to miss them. And had some misgivings about the new people, you know because ... |
'I reconnected with a girl that I had had an on-off relationship with and we both went to a theme park together for a day. It was a fun and memorable experience for both of us, and at the end, a romance began anew.'
| "A little over a month ago, I reached out to a girl that I had met online last December. At that time, we had chatted for a while and then I had gone to visit her in New York City, where she was from, but a few weeks later, the brief beginning to a possible romance ended. I thought about her a lot over the next several... |
'Last week my wife gave birth to our baby daughter. The pregnancy, labor, and delivery were all fraught with complications from start to finish. Luckily, in the end, everything worked out OK and my wife and daughter are fine.'
| "Life has changed so much in the past week. Kallie was born and thankfully is doing really well. We had our doubts about everything due to how much went wrong. It started earlier that day, my wife had contractions that were strong and a few minutes apart. It seemed really sudden, but this was our first daughter so we h... |
'I was dog mushing the the interior of Alaska. It was a beautiful sunny day and the trail was extremely fast. When i stopped to give the dogs a rest i was stunned to see 2 moose and 2 lynx.'
| "It was a sunny Alaskan day in the brooks range. I saddled up 12 dogs and headed out on a training run. My training runs with the dogs were between 5-10 miles because that's what I typically took the guests on. The sun was so bright the snow was a perfect texture for the dogs to get some speed. We took off fast and ran... |
'This story captures the awe-inspiring island of Chiloé, Chile in a nutshell. Speaking to a small first-day hike we took that culminated in walking among penguins and feeling quite proud of the accomplishment.'
| "It was the most fortunate of days for me as the plane landed in Puerto Montt, Chile. I was picked up by an old friend who escorted me to an island he's been living on called Chiloé. A two hour car-ride and some conversation and we'd crossed the ferry, seeing sea lions swimming alongside us as we walked off the boat. W... |
'I was explaining my daughters birthday party. And the enjoyment she had as well as the work it took me to pull of. Overall is was one of the most happy re-memorable moments i never forget.'
| 'It was my daughters 14th birthday party and i wanted it to be one that she would remember since this year was a roller-coaster of a year. I spent an entire week cleaning the backyard and building an area where her and her friends could relax . The theme was a movie night along with sleeping outside. I had build an L-s... |
'I won a jiu jitsu competition on my first attempt. I felt truly confident in myself from that day forward.'
| "On the day that I won my jiu jitsu competition, I felt very nervous and worried about letting my coaches down, but after the competition was over I felt accomplished and happy with myself. I remember having trouble sleeping the night before because I was so nervous about how I would perform, so when I woke up with onl... |
'my husband and i decided to separate. It was heartbreaking, but we had to do what we had to do to make things okay for our child.'
| "Last month something happened that was one of the most heartbreaking, but necessary, events in my lifetime thus far. After 6 years of marriage with my wife, we decided to separate. There are some things in life that cannot be reconciled, but when it comes to children, sacrifices must be made. A few months prior to our... |
"I went to a very dear friend's funeral. Her husband and I reminisced about the good times and she was true to herself until the very end."
| "For the first time, I had to attend the funeral of a friend I held very dear. She was a wonderful woman with children my age and grandchildren my daughter's age. She was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago, but did not seem worried. I was there while she was going through her chemo treatments and everything seemed ... |
'My most memorable moment was running for an election and winning. I inevitably became the first female, the first of my party in 100 years and the youngest to ever be elected to the office that I hold. I was also privileged enough to have my father swear me into office in front of my community.'
| 'This story is about my campaign experience and an election. There were a lot of memorable things that made the event special. However, the most memorable was when I realized that I had actually won the election itself. This was significant in that it started a new chapter in my life. I was going to be starting a new j... |
'We opened a store in the summer. It was difficult getting the business up and running. We found the help we needed for success.'
| 'On July 10th 2019 my husband and I opened a business. I remember how badly we wanted to open this business for years but never had the money. One day we met up with a friend who had they money to make it happen. We became business partners and were finally able to open our store. We were beyond excited to the point wh... |
'I went and had drinks with some friends, one of whom being someone my husband hates. This made my husband really mad at me and we got into a big fight.'
| 'My husband and I used to work at the same place. He changed jobs, but I stayed, so he knows my coworkers very well. That\'s why he knows how much he dislikes one coworker in particular. The problem is I\'m friends with this coworker. We\'ll call him Ryan, which is not his real name. After work one day, Ryan invited me... |
'My grandmother passed away three months ago overnight while asleep. This event was emotionally and financially stressful to my family. There are not many resources available to assist grieving families.'
| 'On May 18th of 2019 my grandmother unexpectedly passed away. She passed away during the night. She passed away in her sleep. The official cause of death was listed as a major heart attack. My grandmother and father both lived in my own at the time this happened. Both my father and grandmother were disabled and I am th... |
'This summary is about my dog because me and him have many memorable experiences. This experience is by far the most relative because I cannot believe I was able to see my own dog cross the road especially when the weather was hot.'
| "One of the few things that many people miss out on life is to have a close relationship with a dog. This was the case for me ever since I remember growing up which makes him feel like he is also part of the family too. Me and my dog share many memorable experiences which really mean alot to me for example it can be a ... |
'My son recently started going to community college and is working towards being an architect. He has been working hard and I am so proud of his progress so far. The cost of college is high and was surprising but my son is worth it and I look at is as an investment towards his future success.'
| "My son graduated from high school last year and just started community college this year. I was so excited that he was able to go and be able to work on getting his degree. It was hard to have him just sit around and not have anything to do, like his peers who had gone straight to college from graduating. The school i... |
"I went to a baseball, game to see my son play. He hadn't played in many years. It brought back wonderful memories."
| "I went to a baseball game that my son was playing in recently. This brought back a flood of memories of our younger days when he was growing up. Baseball was such an important part of all of our lives. Seeing him standing at the plate ready to swing at a pitch erased so many years in-between. My husband coached him wh... |
'Took a bus to Boston for my aunt and uncles 40th anniversary. It was the first time my whole family had been together for a while. Being together brought back fond memories of when I was a kid.'
| "I left early in the morning to take the bus from Union Station. The bus was about 20 minutes late, and there was a long cue waiting to board in the cold. When the teller arrived, it took about 5 minutes to board. The ride was extremely long and uncomfortable. I didn't sleep the night before so I could do so on the bus... |
'My daughter went to kindergarten for the first time on August 12th 2019. She is our eldest child, and she ultimately had a very good day and was very excited about starting the new school.'
| 'Dear diary, today is August 12th, 2019. Today is Maria\'s first day of Kindergarten! Being that Maria is our eldest child, she is the first one to go to Kindergarten. Last night I told her we needed to prepare, and she was so excited! I had her go into her closet and pick out her favorite outfit. Maria picked out a pi... |
"My husband surprised me with a new red Hyundai Santa Fe, something we've talked about but haven't done anything about for over a year."
| 'Everyone knows that my 1995 Geo Tracker has been completely run into the ground. I get jokes about it all the time. It even has 279,000 miles on it! Some of my good friends even have a running bet on when it will finally die for good. I kept telling them they were foolish and it would live forever. Sadly, though, abou... |
'I had an abortion at the age of 18 because I though I had no one that would help me out. Come to find out my father was willing to help me out but he was unaware of my pregnancy until 5 years after the fact as my mom kept this from him.'
| "When I was 18, I was at a bad place in my life. My parents had just gotten a divorce and my dad decided he wanted to move to Florida, leaving my mom, whom I didn't have the best relationship with, and I, in Atlanta, GA. I've always been a daddy's girl but I kept a lot from my dad to maintain my innocence in his eyes. ... |
"i gave birth to my last son a year and a half ago. it was truly an experience i will never forget. i'm grateful to have had my family there with me on that exciting journey in my life."
| "My youngest and last son was born about a year and a half ago. He is the youngest of three. I got my tubes tied afterward. I am done having children. But this was truly a memorable experience. My entire family was there this time. With my first two boys, I didn't have everyone. My mom or my sister, but not everybody. ... |
"Aunt died and my heart felt broken. I'm not sure why because I wasn't close to her and haven't seen since I was 8 years old."
| "I received a call from Korea that my aunt has died. My mom was with me and she looked shocked. I don't know why but I started bawling. I came to the States when I was eight so it didn't make sense that it was impacting me this much. It is not like an aunt that I meet regularly or talk to regularly. For days prior to t... |
'I somehow managed to get some space for myself. It was really difficult to breathe.Skim the text to get a general idea of the topic.'
| 'Today I had the bitterest experience of my life. I never had such an awful experience in my life before. I had gone to Agra for an urgent work. There were very few buses plying today as most of them had been put on election duty. I waited for two hours at the bus-stop to get into the bus. It was much crowded. I someho... |
'My brother visited me for a few weeks in the city where I live now. We did tourist activities, got lots of food, and got to reconnect.'
| "Last month, my brother on the other side of the country came to visit for a few weeks. It was very exciting because I hadn't seen him for a while. My brother and I used to be very close, but we've grown apart a bit as we got older. Still, we were happy to see each other. He made his typical jokes (he has a very specif... |
'I was planning to roommate with a friend. She invited me to talk and fish and when we got there dropped some news. She no longer wanted to be roommates and had changed her mind.'
| "UGH!!! I'm so frustrated. I can't believe the crap that is going on. My plans for rooming with my buddy have fallen through so now I'm gonna have to scramble for another arrangement. She'd invited me to go fishing with her for some relaxing girl-time and while out there, she dropped the bad news. I understand her reas... |
'Went went out for my sons birthday. With his friends. And went to the places he chose to go. He chose the board walk with the fun fair and his favorte noodle bar'
| "We went out for my sons birthday and we went to old orchard beach with his friends, Instead of choosing a normal kids food choice. Such as Chucky cheese or the Golden Arches he chose an authentic noodle bar. He loves the brown egg and all the seaweed bits. He loves to slurp them up. He tells us that's how the Japanese... |
'A challenging obstacle made by my seniors in my work place and I faced the problem by my own with the help of my college professors and my friends. This leads me a greater success in my life as well as in my company to withstand in a higher position.'
| 'Being talked down to by my older colleagues has been a constant theme in my career. It\'s always seems to be the same scenario - they think I\'m over confident. About two months ago, I was given a peach assignment as a lead on a project. I was so excited and energized while my colleagues were kind of resistent and dow... |
'My mother\'s passing was the most tragic and life-changing event of my life. While I watched her suffer and die, I came to a realization that our life can be summarized in three simple words : "I love you".'
| 'For the past five months, since she\'s passed, I\'ve been thinking about the hardest thing I\'ve ever lived to. It\'s made me question my perspective on everything from my self concept to my understanding of love and the impermanence of life. Mom had a rare form of cancer that was hard to diagnose and radically aggres... |
'My younger cousin. who is just like a son to me got a job at Google. I am so happy about it and celebrated it with my wife and chilren.'
| "I remember a faithful Sunday. just about 6 weeks ago. I was with my wife and children having fun just as we returned from church. My wife and I are gisting and equally packing some clothes in preparation for a new week. and the children are busy watching cartoon. And waiting for their lesson teacher to come around and... |
'I received unexpected news that I am at risk for prostate cancer and trying to deal with that information.'
| "I am still processing the information and still undergoing tests. I had a follow-up with the urologist two weeks ago and got the results from my first tests that he did. Unfortunately, the results were actually higher than the initial blood test from my annual physical. The next step will be biopsy to be taken next we... |
'Basically, I met a very pretty girl at a local coffee shop. We hit it off and enjoyed out time together. Now, I guess I kind of have a girlfriend.'
| 'I have a confession to make. I think I am falling in love. It has been crazy how quickly this all happened. I was sitting at Tend Coffee Shop a few weeks ago drinking my coffee and playing on my phone. The place was pretty crowded but I was sitting alone. I heard a small voice ask if she could sit in the empty chair o... |
'My family and I went on our first family trip. We went to a water park and had a wonderful time together. We will remember it for a long time.'
| "Two months ago, my partner and I took our children on our first real vacation. Our children have been too young to go on a real vacation and we have not had the money to be able to go until now. We decided this summer that our children were old enough to real enjoy it and we had saved up enough money. We travelled to ... |
'I have been feeling dizziness lately. I had to get an MRI. I trust the MRI will be beneficial in determining what should be done next for my health.'
| 'From few days i was getting the continual dizziness. and also i want to get new treatment .however it is very important for me.]i want a suggestions from my elders. i must maintain food control. i should keep use of medicine is very important for me. i will use new medical technology. there may be a chance for me to a... |
'I was in a relationship with a woman for 17 months that I wanted to marry. She decided to end our relaionship.'
| "Well, I am 34 year old man. I had been in a relationship with a woman for 17 months. I was completely in love with her. Given my age, how long we were together, and how much I enjoyed her, I was thinking about proposing. I've never met anyone else in my life that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. However, sh... |
'I was jogging in Indonesia while high on marijuana. A guy on the street offered sex with thirteen and fourteen year old females. I said "NO" and went back to my hotel.'
| "Dear Diary, I'm never smoking marijuana again! Last week when I was on vacation in Indonesia, Jessie convinced me to smoke with him. I told him no because I don't do drugs. Also, I don't even know where he got the marijuana from. Anyways.. he eventually convinced me to try it. Honestly, it was the worst experience eve... |
'My husband moved to America. We got his green card. We filed for my Australian visa. After over 11 months we got my visa last week and are moving!'
| "Finally It was happened. we got visa to america. It was a long time dream for my husband and me. My husband and me are Australian couple. We tried to move America for past one and half year. My husband is a software engineer. His childhood dream is to settle in USA. this is also my dream. he working in a software comp... |
'Visiting a swimming hole with a group of friends on a summer day. I had some difficult feelings come up and also hurt myself slightly.'
| "I recently went on a swimming trip with a group of friends. It was after a Sunday religious service we are all a part of on a hot summer day. We all arranged together how we would get there and where we were going. We drove in three separate cars. We arrived at an area of a river where there was a canal that had deep ... |
'It was my friend that i have not seen for a while that was going thru some personal issues, it seemed like his wife was a controlling person and he also had some addiction problem that was not known to me at the time and to no one around me either.'
| "A really good friend of mine was going through some tough situation with his wife. He was clearly devastated, and obviously I also felt bad for him. I was also mad because it seamed like his was abusive and controlling. It's like if he was her property. I tried to convince him of leaving her. He is somehow attached to... |
'I recently interviewed but lacked the contacts to obtain the job, had management that was not upfront, and am now soured on the company.'
| 'Three weeks ago I received a callback about a job offered from a company I anticipated working for. The salary started off at 65,000 within a year, included a raise and promotion included. I was excited about the deal and over the moon about getting. hired. I made sure to prepare myself to raise the chance of acceptan... |
"This story is about my recent adventure to Europe. The two weeks I spent in France and Italy have transformed the way I look at life. I can't wait to go back!"
| "The last time I went to Europe was about a month ago. We flew from Dulles Airport in Virginia to Charles de Gaule airport in France, located just outside Paris. From the airport we took a taxi to our hotel, which was right in the middle of the city. Immediately, I knew that I was in a special place. The people in Fran... |
'We recently took a trip out of state and it involved my immediate family. The purpose of the trip was because my son is a skater and he was part a competition there.'
| 'Today is the day of the competition, we were so excited but apprehensive about this trip, Ben has been preparing for several months but are you ever really prepared? I could not sleep last night because I was so worried about this event and I hoped I was able to support Ben accordingly. How would I react if things don... |
'I recently graduated college, and went on a trip to Zion national park with my family. We hiked many trails, shopped in town, and dined at a few restaurants.'
| 'I had just finished my degree in Character Animation, and I was ready to celebrate with my family. It had been months since I had last seen them, and it was exciting that we were all coming together to celebrate. Before they came down, we settled on visiting Zion National Park as part of a graduation trip. My parents ... |
'A frazzled young mother was dealing with a crying baby in the store. I stepped in and held her baby while she shopped in peace.'
| "I was grocery shopping by myself, which is pretty rare. I normally take my child everywhere with me, but this particular day, he stayed home with my husband. I was going down the aisles and I heard a child crying. I thought for a second that it was mine before I remembered I was alone. The cries were getting closer as... |
'I am part of a non profit organization. We put on an event to raise money for charity for two local charities.'
| "I work for a non profit organization. We often partner with local charities to raise money in the community. Six weeks ago, we held an event to raise money for two charities in my hometown. One of the charities provides food for homeless people in my community. The other charity provides school supplies for children w... |
'A father fights for custody of his kids in court. Neither negative voices or a seemingly fixed system deter him. Ultimately he defies the past and wins custody of his kids.'
| "The court declared me victor. Now I am practically a single dad with three kids. Although my ex-wife and I share custody, I am custodial parent. Meaning, I have my kids 287 days out the year! While my ex-wife gets them only every other weekend, or 78 days out the year. The magnitude of it inflicts me with self-doubt. ... |
'My ten-month old daughter took her first steps at the park. My father and I witnessed it. I am the proudest, happiest mother alive.'
| "My ten-month old daughter took her first steps at duck park. Her older sister and cousin were both running around the splash pad having a great time while the adults sat under an umbrella. Her uncle was snoozing on the ground and she pushed herself off his chest to a standing position from the ground and looked at me.... |
'My family and I went to Hawaii for vacation this past summer. My Wife and I renewed our wedding vows. We all had a great time as a family.'
| "Summer was fast approaching and I promised my family and I that we were going go have a nice time with him come summer. I didn't let them down on that. It was approaching and I saved for it already. Summer came and all road led to Hawaii. This was a place we have never been. We chose it for the adventures. We heard a ... |
"I recently attended my son's middle school graduation ceremony. I reflected on how much he had grown the last 14 years. There was a wonderful slide show at the end where we could see pictures of all the kids from the past 8 years of schooling."
| "Recently I attended my son's middle school graduation. it was moving for me to go because he is our oldest and i am so very proud of him. He had worked so hard in his AP classes and made his entire middle school time look effortless. I sat in the auditorium with my husband and watched him walk across that stage in his... |
"Teaching is a rewarding job, but sometimes it's time to move on. My last day as a teacher, on the last day of school, was a happy yet bittersweet event in my life. I will miss it. But now it's on to the next adventure in my life!"
| "A memorable time that happened in the past three months was my last day on the job as a teacher on the last day of school. It was a happy and emotional occasion. I was happy to be moving on to other opportunities, but it was also bittersweet as I would miss my students. Some I had watched grow up. There were happy goo... |
'I drove my sister to her doctor to get gender reveal information for her baby. After she got done, I asked to go see my best friend and she agreed to it. My best friend and I go out for coffee and talk and comfort each other for the first time in a long time after his work day ended.'
| "I hadn't seen my sister in a while. I wanted to do something together with her. She told me she needed to go get the gender reveal from her doctor about her baby. I was excited to go with her. We arrived early because we were so excited. She got the information but she kept it secret from me. When we were done I asked... |
'I went for a bike ride and had to cross a bridge with an intersection after it. There were children on the bridge so it was difficult. The people biking in the other direction were mad I made a left turn without signalling.'
| "I was feeling anxious that day. I went for a bike ride to the place I usually go. When I got to the park, I looked over at the bench next to the parking garage; it was empty. I decided to go there. The bridge across the creek to that place had children on it though, with their mother. They weren't really paying attent... |
'So this is just a reminder if anyone needs it, especially with wedding and family planning, that "no" is a complete sentence, it is a fair sentence, and you absolutely can use it as often as you like'
| 'I can\'t believe what my friend is going through with her fiance. They have been together for 7 years and are finally planning their wedding. And I would have thought that after all that time together they would have already discussed what they want for a wedding and definitely how they each feel about kids, but appar... |
'The story is about when my landlord lost his mind and tried to attack my physically. I luckily escaped the situation and got another place to live.'
| "So I had lost my job a few months back. I was trying to find work but I just never could. I had to start living on savings. I lived on saving for about 3 months. Still unable to find more than a few odd jobs, I could no longer pay my rent. Because of this my landlord started an eviction process. Unfortunately this tur... |
'It was about a tough time we experienced during our important official project. Also it explains how we overcome the same issue and achieved our goal. It was a very important day on our career.'
| "We had recently been assigned a new project at work. It was to merge some of our databases in order to sell them to an important business partner. We had been working on it for over a month now and the deadline was nearing. We got to work the next day and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Then we finally got ready t... |
'The time I hiked a 10 mile scenic loop with my wife. Specifically recalling an incident during the hike where I nearly fell from the edge.'
| "Around two months ago I was hiking with my wife. I don't really remember where we were at this point, my memory isn't as good as it used to be. She knows I'm not much of a hiker but she insisted we go anyways. I was completely out of breath and exhausted but I wanted to look cool in front of her so I didn't say anythi... |
'My brother and four year old niece visited for the first time in a year, and we were able to bond during her visit. I believe I made a friend for life on that day as we played and became more like family.'
| "Between the market dip and my troubles with management at work, it's been a challenging couple of weeks. Not saying I deserved anything of the sort, but a little bit of sunshine in my life would have been just the thing. Right on cue, I got a call a few weeks back from my brother in Oregon -- he was on vacation and wa... |
"My nephew chose me to do his nap time routine with him when his parents weren't home. This reinforced the fact that we do have a bond even though he lives in a different state."
| 'My sister and her husband are great parents. We live miles away from eachother. They incude me in there everyday lives with there children. They tell my nephew what a great person I am. They tell him that I cannot wait to see him. they regularly have him call to say hi to me. Two monthes ago he chose me to aid him in ... |
'My wife and I hiked in the Dolomite mountain range in northern Italy. It was a grueling but extremely rewarding experience.'
| "In June of this summer my wife and I traveled to Europe. We spent some time in the Dolomite mountains in northern Italy, based in the resort town of Cortina. We did some hiking while there, and while all the hikes were spectacular there was one particular one that still sticks with me. I knew that it was a tough hike,... |
'Waking up on 48th birthday morning hungover sent me on a path of discovery. I decided to go on the wagon and give up alcohol for 30 days.'
| "For my 48th birthday, which was 4 months ago, my friend Lauren invited me to a wine bar. It's near the old cathedral and serves organic wine. It had just opened and was on a charming street with old style street lamps and cobble stones and had a comfortable, cozy and dark atmosphere inside. I had wanted to try it and ... |
'After finding my husband dead from hanging upon his return from deployment and seven years of therapy and counseling, I am finding effective strategies to cope with PTSD so that I can raise my child in peace and be the mother she deserves.'
| "A few years ago I had found my husband dead hanging from deployment and seven years of therapy and couseling. It was a very bad thing to experience but after many years of being with him for years having to witness some of things that were going on. 3 months ago I was finally able to start finding strategies to cope w... |
'When I was chopping down a tree, the tree fell the wrong direction. Tree could have killed me it was scary.'
| 'In the last few months I chop down some trees to build a log cabin. The first tree that I chop down was about 70 ft tall and about a foot in diameter. I used to axe that I bought off Amazon to do the work. I was not very confident at first. It was hard to swing the axe for more than 10 minutes or so at a time and I go... |
'my mother was diagnosed with brain cancer after a series of seizures. seeing someone who was full of life turn into a zombie'
| 'It has taken me five months to come and write this. My therapist says it will be good for me, I guess. Two months ago, my mother died. Sometimes I feel numb to it, like it happened to someone else, and I\'m just watching my suffering through a television screen. My therapist says that\'s called "dissociating" and it\'... |
'28th of April my husband and I got married without our parents approval. We had a small BBQ with a few close friends to celebrate.'
| 'We have been dating for over 5years and the talk was marriage wasn\'t something that we were allowed to discuss in any of our homes. We tried to make our parents understand our point of view but you know how South Asian families are when it comes to caste and religion. Only thing Oshan and I knew that very day back in... |
'A night with my dementia stricken mother. Everyday is difficult working with her. However I always am looking for a connection'
| 'My mother as dementia. She fights with us. She gets very angry. It is very hard to help her bathe, washer her hair and brush her teeth. It has gotten so every night I go to help my dad get her ready for bed. My daughter was home for a month and she offered to go with me. I know seeing the decline of her grandmother is... |
'The emotional toll of having to drive to a funeral for a family member and dealing with the feelings and conflicts of having to deal with the funeral and its aftermath.'
| "The in the middle of February of 2019, I had to attend my grandfather's funeral. This required me from leaving my current state that I was living in to travel to the state he lived in. It was a 2 day exhausting car ride and by the time I had reached the funeral home, I was tired but still felt emotionally taxed as I s... |
'My brother has mental illness and its very traumatic for family members. Often the his emotions reach us and affect us in ways that regular people to have to go through'
| "My father is in recovery from emergency heart surgery he had yesterday. We did not know if he was gonna make it. He is alive and in recovery so everything is ok right now. I guess when you turn fifty and sixty years old your heart wants to show you it's time to get healthy. I hope he uses the experience to be more hea... |
'We had a birthday party for my 5 year old grandson on fathers day. We combined the two events and had a bbq also. It was so much fun for everyone.'
| "Two months ago, my daughter invited me over for Father's Day. I was pretty excited because it was also my grandson's 5th birthday that day. The whole family came over to her house. The weather was perfect with a slight breeze. My son in law barbecued chicken, burgers, and hot dogs for everyone. Most of the family that... |
'The next day the thugs came to my house and broke a window. This time I ran after them and I was banked by all of them. The cops did nothing when they saw the people who did this.'
| "I felt vulnerable and angry. That's when I decided to extract my own revenge. I knew they'd come back. I asked a friend to stay at my home while I spent the next morning at a local hardware store. There, I gathered a carefully-researched bundle of goods that would ensure that anyone else trying to enter my home would ... |
'I went to visit my family in New York recently. I had a terrible time talking with my dad, who said a lot of racist stuff.'
| "My dad hasen't been a huge part of my life lately. He and I are very different in how we view people. I love all people and love to talk with everyone. Race doesn't matter to me at all. I will talk and treat anyone the same no matter the color of their skin. I went to visit my family back in New York and my dad showed... |
'Going out for a good morning run. Met someone I did not know. Was a happy camper. Constant communication.'
| "It has just been a couple weeks for me in this town. But i have started to enjoy it above everything else. The countryside is lovely and refreshing. Which is why i started to run in the morning. The wind, the mist, the people.. It has always been interesting. I was out on my usual run this morning. I met this happy ca... |
'My extended family from Hawaii came over to celebrate some birthdays. We decided to go to an amusement park and we had a lot of fun together.'
| "My extended family from Hawaii came over to celebrate some birthdays. My cousin and grandfather have the same birthday. Myself and my two brothers are all born in the same month. This always makes celebrating easy, but a big event. This year we decided to go to an amusement park. I've been there before, but most of my... |
'I went into labor over 72 hours before I had my son. I was in extreme pain. I was finally admitted into the hospital, where I eventually had an emergency C-section, and had my beautiful boy.'
| "As I sit here watching my beautiful newborn son sleep, I'm finally able to reflect on his birth story. What a story! I really wanted to have a natural birth - it was written down on my birth plan and everything. When contractions started at home, they were very sporadic. Over the next 72 hours, I labored slowly at hom... |
'I was really broke and struggling financially up until two months ago. I tried to save up for a car and failed. My stepfather ended up buying me a car for free.'
| 'About half a year ago, I was really struggling because I am living on my own and I have to pay all of the bills by myself. I was really short on money and I did not know what to do. I no longer had a car to go to work with. Taxis cost me $24 to get there and back, so it was not worth taking them. Public transportation... |
'Earlier this summer, my fiance and I went to a cheese festival. His mother decided to meet us there to spend the day with us. Many things went wrong, but it was very memorable and a bonding experience.'
| "The most memorable event for me in the last few months was going to a cheese festival. My fiance's mom wanted to come visit us that weekend but we had already had plans to go to this festival. She decided that she would come with us as well. It was so hot outside, in the upper 80s. The event was outdoors, on the stree... |
'I drove fourteen hours in a moving truck. It went okay but my dog made it very interesting at the end.'
| 'My journey started in the early hours of Friday, as I took off to deliver some product from my firm to one of my distributor in another state close to the Northwest region of the Country. I went alongside "Mascot" my Dog, a German Shepard, Mascot was more than just my pet, he understands me perfectly well, and I alway... |
'I completed an internship during my junior year. I was able to do a lot of fun and interesting things throughout the course of my internship. I was extended a full-time offer upon graduation.'
| "I've been thinking alot about the job at intuit. Its been 5 months already since my internship. I really miss working there. There was so many great people and alot of perks. It really is a great job. I'm just worried that there might be a better job that I'm missing out on. I don't think I'd ever get tired of the wor... |
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