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I want to confess something. I've had quite an emotional rollercoaster of a week. Internally, that inner voice in me has been kicking my butt for past mistakes, horrible actions and bad decisions. This is a regular occurrence, but this week I felt it more. Everyday I am learning more about myself and the way I have been and the way I want to be, but it's been quite a struggle at times.
By Paul Stewart3 years ago in Confessions
How Vocal Has Changed My Life
Introduction Yesterday it was raining hard and I was working from home. By about four o'clock I was feeling like I had been beaten with iron bars, every bone was aching. Unusually, I never left the house until I went out for a takeaway pizza after work.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
Shaped by the Sea
I gaze down at the endless sea of shells that blanket the searing hot sand. Purple ones, striped ones, ones that are cracked into thousands of jagged pieces that pierce the bottom of my blistered feet. Thousands of beach-goers like myself will soon pulverize them into the sand upon which they lie. A fate much like our own, I suppose. Ground to dirt by newer generations, by the future. If you let it, the thought can be one of comfort. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
By Lexie Robbins3 years ago in Confessions
One Weird Day
*** Please bear with the endless-seeming exposition. It’s needed in order to set the stage*** I graduated from Grade 13. Where I come from you can’t do that anymore. In any case, getting up, eating breakfast and then heading off to a very old school building full of eighteen-year-olds from all parts of a city of about half a million people was, even back then, a weird way to start a day. But it was kinda cool too!
By Roy Stevens3 years ago in Confessions
Finding Peace through Pen: How Writing Helped Me Cope with a Traffic Karen Encounter
Writing to Help with My Encounter with Traffic Karen As I sit here, reliving my experience, I can't help but think, "Should I really post this online? Would anyone care about my struggle as a Black woman living in a predominantly white country, and an even more predominantly white state?"
By Zuleika Boekhoudt3 years ago in Confessions
ITCHING
In most cases, pain can be managed. On the other hand, itching can drive a person bonkers. Confessing, in the past when my integrative doctor offered a prescription medicine, my answer has always been, "No thank you! However, my left foot fungal infection has returned. On the April 3rd of this year, when the doctor offered a prescribed cream, I acquiesced.
By Babs Iverson3 years ago in Confessions
I Kicked a Girl and Didn't Like It
This is not the easiest thing I've ever published to Vocal, but I lose count of the times I've said or thought that. I can't quite remember how old I was, but it was when I was still in primary school, so it was likely before I was 11. So, young.
By Paul Stewart3 years ago in Confessions
Why Being On Vocal Brings Me Joy
Introduction This week I made a huge mistake (though like all my huge mistakes caused by believing I was doing the right thing) but I do not do stress but shall we say I put a lot of effort into getting things right, and I am almost in a position that I want to be but have a feeling that in two week time, I will be back close to perfection.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Confessions
Baby Boot
Clutching my boarding pass and manila envelope I honestly had no idea what to expect in 2013. I had just swore into the Navy, and I was getting ready to head to bootcamp in Great Lakes, IL. All I knew was that I was ready to leave Saint Louis, MO for good. Truthfully wasn't really planning on joining the military at least I never saw it as an option for me. I however had no plan other than doing the traditional college route. My grandpa served in the Army and his best friend was in the Marine Corps in Vietnam during a much different time in our society.
By Kayla Lindley3 years ago in Confessions
