The Allie-Way

Chapter 1  The wind whistled, brushing her hair off her shoulder as the coffee shop door relaxed into its closed, resting position behind her. Her brain was feeling refreshed while her feet carried her to her car. She had just finished having coffee with a girl she had basically trampled in the bathroom at an event she didn’t even want to attend. She only went because she had selected “attending” a month prior, the moment she had woken up from a nap, not fully cognitive yet. But, to her...

Chapter 1 She stood inside as a voice crawled up her spine. It was a voice that she couldn’t seem to shake. It appeared with an unpredictable schedule, typically when large crowds were involved, and today was one of those days. She had an event that had been staring her in the face for weeks, taunting her. But today was the day. After hours of pep talks and outfit changes, she grabbed her keys and headed for the door. The warmth cascaded onto her face as she walked from her house to her car,...

A Year To Grow I think we often forget how lucky we are to participate in this thing that we call life. We take for granted people, things, routines, and hobbies that we are able to do. But, at the beginning of every year, we wake up saying how we are finally going to grab life by the horns and actually live by doing all the things we want. Only to wake up in February the same way we woke up every day the year before. This year I want to be different, I want to wake up and feel the...