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My husband and I have known each other since middle school, but didn’t start dating until the last few months of our senior year. We ran our school’s concession stand together every day that year, so we became friends through that. But, we actually got close one day when I texted… Read More

My partner always tucks me in at night since he usually goes to bed a couple of hours after me. Whatever we’re doing, whether separate or together, I let him know that I’m ready to go to bed and he keeps me company while I take my contacts out and brush my teeth, etc. Then he turns… Read More

In 2006, my entire 8th grade class took a field trip which included a visit to a local cemetery which mostly had graves of people who died 100+ years ago. Each of us were given a worksheet with tasks like “Find a grave of someone with the same birthday as you and write their name… Read More

I lived in some on-campus apartments while in college that had exterior staircases. While going downstairs one afternoon I heard a woman’s voice screaming and begging for help. I’d never heard anything like it, the terror and desperation in her voice. I raced down the stairs to where… Read More

First, some background: I was a picky eater growing up and was teased and bullied for it by family members and friends, to the point where I just basically stopped trying new foods/restaurants as a teenager cause it gave me so much anxiety and made me miserable. When I was 19, my… Read More

I had a massive amount of dental work that needed to get done when I was about 22, so the dentist decided to put me under conscious sedation and just knock it all out in like 4 hours. It’s supposed to keep you awake enough to follow prompts but not actually be aware of anything or… Read More

I’ve spent my entire life in southeast Louisiana, and the biggest shock tourists and visitors seem to have (besides Mardi Gras) is our drive-thru daiquiri shops (it’s legal to have it in your car so long as the straws aren’t poked through the lids) and alcohol being sold in literally… Read More

I got a new pair of shoes when I was around 7, I think, and my mom called them “sneakers”. I assumed that anything I did while wearing those shoes automatically made me sneaky and I didn’t need to be quiet or anything. My older sister quickly disabused me of that notion.

I had gestational hypertension (high blood pressure while pregnant) and was induced at 37 weeks this past fall. But after 12 hours of waiting for the meds to kick in and start working (they never did) my doctor and I decided to go with a c-section since we knew my baby was big and… Read More

I learned a lot from my mom, but one of my favorites was this: “if it can’t be fixed, they don’t need to know.” She was talking about when you notice a friend has something in their teeth or a stain on their shirt, etc. If it’s something that can be fixed in that moment, tell them… Read More