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The war in Syria had taken Fatima’s home, her city, the scent of orange blossoms in her family’s courtyard. The journey to America was to be a rebirth, a fragile hope woven from exhaustion. A month after their arrival, a drunk driver on the I-90 sealed her fate entirely. At 43, she was a widow, childless, a beautiful, ornate vase placed on a high, lonely shelf. The English she learned didn’t connect her to this new world;...

The hum of morning traffic outside the apartment’s bedroom window permeated Allyson’s dream as she slowly ascended from deep sleep to wakefulness. Her eyes slowly opened and adjusted to the early morning light. It was 7:30 am, and when you are used to rising by six, it might be considered sleeping in. Her eyes slowly opened when she was suddenly hit with confusion, panic, and mild vertigo. “Where am I? What is this? What?...

It was 6:30 am, and Allyson arrived at her job working in the parts department at the local car dealership. There was a lot to accomplish before 7:00 when the mechanics arrived and the local shops would start sending in orders for parts to be picked up, and Allyson did not want to waste any time getting the day set for success. That first hour would be the busiest, and she hoped that her new coworker, Amber, would be on t...

It was mid-Saturday morning in late spring, and I was meeting my dad for breakfast at Tackles, his favorite sports bar. It was his Saturday tradition, and he loved that they opened early on the weekend. The bar was old and cozy and filled with sports artifacts, tchotchkes, and old memorabilia. Playing football for the home team, my dad was a permanent fixture on the walls and in person. The bar fit in with the rest of the...

Prologue Shagufta groaned as she sat up in bed, her body aching from the lack of sleep. It had been another long night of taking care of her three children, all under the age of eight. She had been married for ten years now, and life seemed to have taken a toll on her. Once a young and vibrant girl, Shagufta was now a tired and worn-out housewife. She glanced at her reflection in the mirror, taking in her disheveled appea...

The floods in Colorado in the fall of 2013 caused devastating losses thought to exceed two billion dollars. It rained for several days and the water accumulated in the mountain foothills and eventually came roaring out of the valleys and canyons in historically-destructive swollen creeks and streams. Roads were completely washed away in many places and the landscape was changed by the sand, rocks, and debris that were mov...