Journal

THEMES by PROMPT

We publish writing using a series of prompts as an entry point for exploring emotions, personal histories, shared truths, joy, grief, shame, and those themes that matter most to us in our hearts.

Explore the themes by prompt below:

May 7, 2020

Just Like You Taught Me, Mom

By Jackie Jones — I watch my children fall deeper into a depression I cannot reach into. They disappear into their

May 6, 2020

Meeting My 14 Year Old Self

By Lilibeth Tapia — I'm not ready to meet my 14-year-old self. But if I could go back in time to meet her, to see her, I

May 5, 2020

Who Peed in Her Cornflakes?

By Marisa Porter — I’m grouchy, I’m touchy, I’m ignorant, I’m selfish, I’m tired, I’m disinterested in showing

May 3, 2020

Charlie

By John L. Swainston — Charlie was my horse, stubborn as a mule. He always stopped to eat. No

May 2, 2020

Focus on Infinite Good

By Leah Bleiberg — As a proud etymology enthusiast, why did it take me 14 years to look up the origin of the

May 1, 2020

I Want To Be

By Laura Davis — I want to be a person who plants my feet in the earth and looks up at the sky, the trees, the

May 1, 2020

Nature Does Not Fight Fair

By Robert Tosi — The cracks in our society have become rifts, the rifts have become chasms and the chasms,

Apr 29, 2020

Shoebox

By Abrielle — I was only a few days old when I was found on the front steps of a busy building in Yongzhou

Apr 28, 2020

Didn’t you know?

By Alberta Sequeira — Didn’t you know the signs or did you ignore them? Did you put love over reality facing you?

Apr 27, 2020

Orchid

By Robin Mayer Stein — A few months ago, my friend Margaret gave me a gorgeous orchid with

Apr 26, 2020

Becoming a Children's TV Host

By Alex Vaillancourt — During the COVID-19 global pandemic, I realized my dream of becoming a

Apr 25, 2020

I Am Molting

By Julie Johnson McVeigh — I am shedding the layers of myself that no longer serve me during this time. Here I

Apr 24, 2020

Passover Alone

By Ellen Bluth — It was shortly after Purim when we realized the Corona/Covid 19 virus had reached us in what

Apr 23, 2020

She Decides to Write the Story

By Susan Storm — She woke up and cried — She didn’t want to be alone — The family was upstairs. She

Apr 22, 2020

It Cracked Me Open

By Jennifer M. MacDonald — But I Don’t love you. I don’t love you like THAT he said. Plunder my heart. Down.

Apr 21, 2020

Idioms of Time

By Kathy Washburn — I am grateful for a new relationship with time. For the first time in my adult life, I do not feel as

Apr 20, 2020

Deep

By Ivy C. Wagner — How deep? I asked. My voice echoed through the waves. They crashed onto the

Apr 19, 2020

As Resilient as King Edward Daffodils

By Rose Loving — Today I am as resilient as the King Edward daffodils. Last week they ended a long period of

Apr 18, 2020

The Human Race is Fragile

By Lancy Lee — Luckily for some of us, we were spared from getting sick or dying from COVID-19 and are

Apr 17, 2020

Corona Virus

By Susan Hand — We were told to stay home. Shelter in place. Not venture abroad except for essentials, and we

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