PORTRAITS OF MY LIFE

"Where there are villains, there will be heroes." My father's voice. "Just wait, they will come." Steelheart raised a glowing hand....

The sword master strives for purity is mistaken. The sword, in its purity, knows only death. The one who masters it must answer the...

Due to the crazy amount of free time I'm having [a], I decided that the best way to spend that time is to learn a new skill [b] and...

My husband's niece, the talented Whitney, sent me a sticker in preparation for Deadpool 2. Saying that I'm a big fangirl of Deadpool...

I can't believe how domestic I've become. Last weekend, my husband and I received a free food box from Blue Apron [a] courtesy of one of...

In short, she was something of a joke in Saxby-on-Avon and jokes do not commit murder. Susan Ryeland started her day thinking that she...

For a long time I've wanted to be as cool and/or chill as this dog so obviously is. I failed when I was younger because I always too...

Sit down, children and let me tell you the first time I ever owned a game console of my own. When I was younger, I was really good at...

I feel productive when I can check stuff off a list in my planner. I remember when I first got a planner. Everyone in the Philippines was...

This poem was written for a live reading/storytelling event earlier this month called Happy Accidents: An Evening of True Stories held in...

I've always had dreams of being an artist of some sort. I quickly bypassed any trial when it comes to music. I'm slightly tone-deaf and I...

Jana was the name I went by for such a long time. I don't know why, but it always felt so masculine to me, and I remember thinking that...

Scars mar my skin from my head to my arms to my legs. I've never known a life without them, at least not after the age of eight. It's the...

My family got into an accident when I was eight years old [a] and one of the most vivid things I can remember was my first night in the...

"Am I the only one who did not see that coming?" You wouldn't think that that line was a part of the comic, but you'd be wrong. There are...

One of my biggest weaknesses is a fear of failure. I likened it to why I never learned to climb trees. I've always liked the idea of...

"Who's a good baby, puppers, doggie, cutie-patootie?" I find myself baby-talking to my Mom's chihuahua almost all the time now. She's...

I love Pride and Prejudice [a]. It's the only classic book I've read more than once, and is the only one I'd read and watch all...

I have two weaknesses when it comes to food: rice and anything sweet. So when my doctor told me I was pre-diabetic, it didn't exactly...

I have a love-hate relationship with social media [a]. Spending most of my life as a transient student, moving from one country to the...