I grew up in Jamaica Plain, an urban community located on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1940s it was a wholesome, quaint little community. It was my home and I loved it there; back then I thought I would never leave. My best friend R...
A number of years ago, I had the rather unique experience of being backstage in Madison Square Garden, in New York, during the Ringling Brothers Barnum amp; Bailey Circus. To say the least, it was a fascinating experience. I was able to walk around l...
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away they were meant to be there , to serve some sort of purpose ,teach you a lesson,or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.You never know who these people maybe (possib...
I walk into the coffee shop and breathe in deep, savoring that familiar aroma. The smell of coffee, with a hint of hazelnut, vanilla, mocha, and just a touch of cinnamon. Theres only one place in the world other than a coffee shop that smells like th...
Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. Ugly loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love. 我住的公寓大楼里的每个人都认得这只丑八怪。丑八...
If my life were a movie I would fast-forward through junior high. My junior high years were painful. Like every junior high kid, I was dealing with awakening sexuality, and struggling with who I was and how I would make my mark in life. But I was sur...
It all began as we were standing in front of the bathroom mirror, me fixing Amanda's blonde hair. I said, I love you, Amanda. And, I love you, she replied. Oh, yeah, I taunted. Well, I love you more. Her eyes lit up as she recognized the cue for the...
There is so much I have not been, so much I have not seen. 生命中，有那么多我未曾经历过，有那么多我未曾见识过。 I have not thought and have not done or felt enoughthe early sun, rain and the seasonal delight of flocks of duc...
Clouds had settled in on the frigid day. Their love was frozen, held in place. His loving stares and her fair love Could not conquer their stubborness. No matter how hard she tried she was ridiculed. All the signs he had shown with great care Were no...
The sun is just rising in the morning of another day. What can I wish that this day may bring me? Nothing that shall make the world or others poorer, nothing at the expense of other men; but just those few things which in their coming do not stop me...
All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man c...
Sometimes in life, You find a special friend; Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop; Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convince you tha...
Difficulties arise in the lives of us all. 生活中困难在所难免。 What is most important is dealing with the hard times, coping with the changes, and getting through to the other side where the sun is still shining just for you. 最重要的是...
My room at home was too small for me. I barely had room for all the little knickknacks I'd collected over the years. There were so many things I had to pack away in boxes and store in closets all over the house. Oftentimes I didn't quite remember exa...
It was New Year's night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. When he cast them on the earth, where few more...
