Lived Stories

Justyna Chase worked as a nurse at Mercy General in Columbus, but on this Tuesday in August she had the

For three years I hadn't raised my hand the way I'd been trained to. For three years I believed

Dorothy Kowalski ran the diner on Maple Street for thirty-one years, and everybody in Millbrook, Ohio

My marriage ended on a Tuesday, because of a photograph I never wanted to take. I'd seen the red

Marcus Deleon hadn't slept in three days when the phone rang at 2:14 in the morning, and some part

Everybody in Millbrook, Ohio, thought I'd lost my mind the day I told them I was marrying Diane Kessler.

Delia set the takeout bag on the passenger seat and drove straight from the hospital pharmacy to her

Claire Bennett didn’t believe in signs. She believed in contracts, in ten-day inspection periods, in

Nate didn't have the cash. Every dollar in the business account was already promised to three session

Title needed a specific, unique anchor — I'll write the full story now. — **The Nurse Who