by T. Wicks

When I met her, I didn’t know what she meant to me. When I made love to her for the first and last time, I didn’t know what she meant to me. And now, years later, I am still n...

by Christopher Oeser

My mother used to tell me to eat my vegetables, go to church and tie my shoes. Now that all seems a distant but unique perspective. My name is Chris Oeser and I am 30 years old an...

by Suri

“I want to move to Iowa to get married, and make you pancakes every morning.” It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment I fell in love with her, but reading that text message o...

by Nils Spehr

I was sixteen when my parents decided to move to another city about 600km from where we were living then. My father got a new job so it was a necessity for us to go there if we wa...

by Charles De Silva

I was a chef working on a cruise line in Miami. Sailing the Caribbean, I was having the time of my life. Work was very hard. But that was it that kept me on my toes. I worked with...

by Michael Kelly

My story starts in grade eight, which is the first year of high school where I live. I remember my sister was always changing her hair colour and seemed to always con me into prac...

by J.T.

I walked the two blocks to my destination, but it wasn’t there. I frantically checked my phone to make sure I recorded the address correctly. I was on the right block, but the a...

by Cat D.

I met the love of my life on November 3, 2008, the only problem was I already had a girlfriend whom I loved very dearly. This new woman (Toni) was simply irresistible. I kept maki...

by Josh B.

So as part of the “peer mentoring” program at my town’s reformed Jewish temple-cum-Hebrew school, I was leading a class discussion about marrying outside the faith. I was a ...