“Beautiful sisters,” the barista complimented, handing us our matching black coffees. “She’s my mother,” I corrected, smiling at her deep blue eyes, vanilla-colored hair and tiny frame. I loved when people thought I looked like her. “Good genes,” he said. He couldn’t see the long ragged scar hidden beneath her sundress, the splinters along my […]
Right before I signed the paper, I looked into my husband’s fearful eyes and felt a wave of disbelief at the realization that I was about to consent to the very thing that I had desperately wanted to avoid. During the previous six months of my pregnancy, I huffed through prenatal yoga sessions, dragged my […]
When I was 19, I fell in love. He was small but mighty, a cheap date in those days, easy to swallow at any kegger and, most importantly, eased my mind. His name was Ortho. We just broke up. My relationship with the birth control pill lasted eight years. I never got pregnant, and despite […]
Imagine this: You’re a young, single woman out in the jungle that is the urban dating world. One fine summer night, you meet a good-looking guy at a rooftop party. “Hello,” he says, as you push your way through the crowd toward the makeshift bar. “Do I know you?” you ask. “No, but I’d like […]
Road accidents are so common that they are the 5th highest cause of death in the United States. Nearly 70% of all truck accidents result in fatalities. Out of the 70% of fatalities, nearly 60% were passengers in motor vehicles, 15% were cyclists, and the rest were motorcyclists and pedestrians. These statistics are daunting, as […]
Sleep is one of the precious components of one’s life. For a person to work effectively throughout the day, it is of utmost importance that he/she gets good, sound sleep. And what better way to ensure that rather than investing in a comfy mattress. Many a time, you make dread a trip to the store […]
Eventually, in the course of any new friendship or relationship, I have to reveal that I have diabetes. It’s usually greeted with a quizzical look and the question, “Wow, I thought only old/fat people have that,” or my personal favorite, “OH! My grandma DIED from that!” Um, great. By now I have my response down […]
Chatbots are rapidly becoming a necessary tool for e-commerce and websites all around because the need for conversation is growing. Users who need help from time to time seek customer services through social media. Then, companies hire several employees to attend customers. Employees might have fun at first, but after a few months of working […]
I still remember the first time I noticed ringing in my ears: I was 15-years-old and had just gotten home from a concert. My friends and I were sitting around the kitchen table in my parents’ house, rehashing the evening’s events, when I suddenly heard a clear, high-pitched tone, sort of like the noise you hear […]
