Sometimes Justice takes a different path
Category: Non-Fiction
Voice
By Scott Damian
V-V-Voice…the word sticks in the back of your throat. Your mouth shudders as your teeth grit together. You push, trying to get the word out. A jarring, jackhammer sound gurgles out of your mouth. Your face contorts and your body shakes as judging eyes stare at you. A shameful feeling washes over you. Your soul is forever crushed.
Learning to Play With a Lion’s Testicles
Melissa Haynes
Playing with a lion’s testicles: An African saying that means to take foolhardy chances.
The Four Gifts
By Father Joseph Bradly
By all rights, insight, knowledge, and plain old common sense I should be dead. If past usage of beer, marijuana, and cocaine didn’t do the trick, then certainly dilated cardiomyopathy should have.
You Let Some GIRL Beat You?
By Ann Meyers Drysdale with Joni Ravenna
Ann Meyers Drysdale has been one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. But her rise wasn’t without controversy. Her 1979 NBA bid to play with the Indiana Pacers brought a barrage of criticism. But Ann simply wanted to play among the best. She had always competed with the guys, and she never let anyone keep her down.
The Next Fifteen Minutes: Strength From the Top of the Mountain
By Kim Kircher
Kim Kircher’s husband’s illness wasn’t something she could just blow up as she had done countless times on the ski slopes, dropping enough explosives until the avalanches fell where she could watch the mountain disintegrate from above.
Off the Street
By Chris Baughman
They say prostitution is a victimless crime…
Charting the Unknown: Family, Fear, and One Long Boat Ride
By Kim Petersen
A rediscovered list of dreams, unceremoniously stashed in an Abnormal Psych book, takes Kim and Mike Petersen on the journey of a lifetime – to live on a boat
Jan’s Story
By Barry Patersen
Foreword by Katie Couric
Imagine hearing these words: “She has Alzheimer’s.” Now imagine that “she” is vibrant, active, loving, healthy … and just 55.
Nothing Short of Joy
By Kim Petersen
Born a dwarf with degenerative arthritis, Julie B. Genovese traveled a path unlike many. During her visits to the Center for Birth Defects as a child, she was displayed on a table and studied by genetic specialists who rarely had the opportunity to see a case of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia.