I was walking home from a party, soaking wet from the rain and so drunk I could hardly see ten feet in front of me. A few blocks from home, a car pulled up. The window rolled down and I saw one of the teachers from our school, Mrs. Riley, inside. "You poor dear, get in. I’ll take you home." I got in and she drove away. I tried to surreptitiously wipe a tear from my eye, but she noticed. "What’s wrong?" I sighed. "I had a...

One night I was sitting at home and got a phone call. I answered the phone and my daughter told me she got married. She and her childhood best friend were in Spain and got drunk professing their undying love and got married. I, of course, was happy for them and saddened I wasn't there to see my only child get married and help her plan her big day, but I kept it to myself and cried with them in their joy. About a year late...

It was Thanksgiving 2011, and I was coming home from the store after picking up some last minute things for dinner. In my rush to get things done I didn't notice the steps were covered in ice and slipped, falling and hitting my head against a post. I don't know how long I laid there. I just know that if the motion sensors hadn't tripped no one may have found me for hours. As I was rushed into the hospital, while everyone...