Once upon a time, there was a little girl who loved to read. The real world was sometimes a scary place and reading took her to an imaginary world full of fun and adventures. She would curl up with a good book whenever she could and was often found in bed, under the covers with…

A note from our writer, Luna Martha: So this is actually what I wish I had said to my mom. Letters hidden in my heart. Every sorry is bound to free my soul from the guilt inside my heart. # 1 Sorry for not being the daughter you expected me to be. Instead of acting…

When I was a child, I had a friend who was so beautiful, with red hair and big eyes. She also had a smile that was so beautiful. We were really happy. We were living next to each other, always playing together and going to the same school, but sometimes she was annoying before we…

Little did I know I would fall in love with a person from the opposite side of the planet. Long-distance love isn’t just about the cinematic tropes we see on our devices, always sun-lit and reunions and smiles. More often, it is late-night calls where one is just waking up to start the day, and…

Birthdays are only celebrated once a year, and my birthday is on January 22nd, which means there is a slight chance each year that it might snow on or near my birthday. When I was a kid, I loved it when it snowed on my birthday because that meant school would be closed or we…

I have such a love/hate relationship with all social media. While I can appreciate that it led my sister to find me and gave us the ability to form a strong friendship, or how the high school friends can so easily stay connected, and how the long-distance family can stay in touch a bit easier…

There are moments in life that arrive quietly, yet change us forever. My first Christmas is one of those moments—bright, unexpected, and filled with a kind of warmth I didn’t know I needed. Growing up, Christmas was always something that belonged to other people. I saw it through windows, through stories, through the excitement of…