Being abandoned by a parent can leave scars that never fully fade. And when that parent returns in need years later, the choice you face can feel impossible. One reader, Anna (34,…
My 3-Year-Old Son Cried & Begged Me Not to Take Him to Daycare – I Gasped When I Stormed Into the Facility
My three-year-old son Johnny used to love daycare — until one morning, he woke up screaming and begged me not to go. At first, I thought it was a phase. The pediatrician…
10 Plot Twists That Turned Stories Into Rollercoasters
Sometimes, the most ordinary moments take unexpected turns. What starts as a simple story can quickly spiral into something no one saw coming. In this collection, we’ve put together 10 short stories…
My Adoptive Dad Died Prematurely – His Dirty Secret About My Parents’ Car Accident Surprised Me 3 Days After His Funeral
Thomas’s house felt wrong without him in it. He was my dad. And he was a great Dad. The furniture was exactly where it had always been. His reading glasses were folded…
10 Plot Twists That Turned Stories Into Rollercoasters
Sometimes, the most ordinary moments take unexpected turns. What starts as a simple story can quickly spiral into something no one saw coming. In this collection, we’ve put together 10 short stories…
Lorraine Bayly, former Play School host and star of The Sullivans, dies aged 89
Lorraine Bayly, a former Play School host and star of long-running soap opera The Sullivans, has died aged 89. Ms Bayly had endured years of poor health and died in a Sydney…
The Unusual Solution
A nun and a priest found themselves stranded in the desert after their camel passed away. The priest, sensing the gravity of the moment, looked at the nun and said, “Sister, it…
The Day I Went To Cancel The Thousand-dollar Card My Father Gave Me, The Teller Turned Ghost-white And Begged Me Not To Leave.
I slide the plastic across the marble counter. It’s old. Bent. A five-year-old insult I’ve kept buried in my wallet. “I’d like to close this account,” I say. The teller offers a…
A Week Before Our Wedding, My Fiancé Sat Me Down to Talk About My Kids – What He Said Made My Jaw Drop
A bride has been left wondering if she should cancel her wedding after her partner of eight years reveals he cheated /A bride is torn whether to go ahead with her weeding…
Our Dog Wouldn’t Stop Barking at the Old Armchair We Bought at a Yard Sale – When My MIL Saw It, She Went Pale and Said, ‘We Got Rid of It for a Reason!’
Jake and I got married two weeks after graduation and moved into a tiny little rental. We had a mattress on the floor, a folding table, and Milo, our rescue mutt. It…