This is a true story. Last year, I suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the ICU in an ambulance. On the way, one of the paramedics was talking to the receiving hospital. They kept checking on me to see if I was conscious. It was too painful to answer, so I think I was just staring blankly. I be…
This is a long one, so if you've got time to kill, give it a read. Back in elementary school, we built a secret hideout deep in the woods behind our school. I say "hideout," but it was prett…
In my middle school art room, a single unfinished self-portrait had been left behind. The canvas rested on an old easel in the back of the art supply room. It depicted a schoolgirl in uniform, but her…
There was a rumor at my elementary school about "the Red Vest." On the third floor of the north building, in the very back stall of the girls' bathroom—if you were in there, you would hear a…
This is something that happened to me back when I was in fifth grade. I loved playing on the playground equipment, and the monkey bars were my absolute favorite. Aside from the regular monkey bars on …
