Jul 28, 2015 | A Day In My Life
What most people see when we first meet is that I’m a young woman and I’m in a wheelchair. People who know me well see all of me, the girl who loves tea and book, who likes to laugh, who has good days and bad. But sometimes folks only see the wheelchair. They talk to...
Jul 27, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Arthur Wordington-Smythe sat at his desk and stared at the one thing that all writers fear the most—a blank white screen. In his case, the feeling of horror was compounded by a rapidly looming deadline, accompanied by threats from his England Observer editor that she...
Jul 26, 2015 | A Day In My Life
My name is Colleen Caruso and I swear, I just wanted my hair straightened on that early, humid September morning when I went to the best hairdresser in Tranquil Harbor, New Jersey. I’m a stringer for the local newspaper, the Town Crier, and except for a few freelance...
Jul 25, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Yo, readers! My name is Gia Di Mitri, and I’m originally from Atlantic City, New Jersey, a.k.a. America’s Playground. But a few months ago I headed west to Danger Cove, Washington, to do makeup and nails at my step cousin Cassidi Conti’s hair salon, The Clip and Sip....
Jul 24, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I grew up in LA. It’s my town, a town of second chances where people reinvent themselves and start over. Like me. I recently changed careers. Last year I was given the chance to go from my job as a sales executive to that of a reporter at the radio station where I...
Jul 23, 2015 | A Day In My Life
In case we haven’t met, I’m Olivia Greyson, but everyone calls me Livie. . . except my brother, Jason, who calls me Olive Oyl. . . though only in public. I must admit, I was expecting more peace and quiet when I moved back from Baltimore to my little hometown,...
