From an early age, Valentina Tereshkova developed an interest in parachute jumping which led to her selection as a cosmonaut and later to be trained for a special woman-in-space program. In 1963, Valentina became the first woman to travel into space and orbit the earth 48 times aboard Vostok 6. 50 Words This was written… Read More Around We Go…
“What were the results of the ultrasound, Doctor?” Gina asked. She had called the office two days ago because she noticed that It’s there she was having a brownish discharge and that she wasn’t experiencing nausea and breast soreness anymore. Although she knew that all pregnancies were different, there was something radically different about this… Read More Gina’s Options
We are on our honeymoon. I still can’t believe it. We met last year in my senior year when he came to my school to talk about the flying future. He was a Chinese-American businessman, the CEO of a large and prestigious company which I thought was pretty cool for a guy who was only… Read More Salome and Aslan
Livia and Darren were having dinner at an Indian restaurant. The ambiance was friendly and cozy. She wondered what Simone would say if she knew that she was having dinner with Darren. It was Simone who told her that she wasn’t his type. Don’t read more into this dinner, she chided herself. Just relax and… Read More Dinner With Darren
“If you keep yourself pure, that means you don’t go with anyone, I will marry you.” Ten years ago, I said this to a girl I went to college with who liked me but I was more into the exotic type. And, besides, I was only joking. She didn’t say anything but there was a… Read More The Promise
Jill was my best friend. We grew up together. We used to like the same books, movies and boys. And when the boy we liked at a particular time liked one of us more, there were not hard feelings. We were happy for each other. So, when she met and fell in love with Greg,… Read More Keziah’s Story
It was time to go to work but Ife didn’t feel like it. Since Toshiro left she hadn’t felt like going to the hotel. It was hard not going to his suite and being with him. She missed him so much it hurt. After she met his sister, Miko and learned that he was in… Read More Toshiro Returns to Kampala
“Lyndon, a group of us are going out for drinks after work. Would you like to join us?” Jane asked him as he stopped by her desk to give her a brown envelope he wanted her to give to the mailman when he made his afternoon rounds. “No thanks. I already have plans for this… Read More Being True to Yourself
A path flanked by trees stretches out before me. I proceed cautiously because of the mist which unfurls like a ghost’s hand. It clears as I draw closer. That chases away the uneasiness in the pit of my stomach and my steps become bolder. When I reach the other side, I am greeted by the… Read More The Path/Destination #writephoto
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit,” whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead you… Read More Making Plans
Notes to Women 