Story archives - tag: "dreams"

IF only

A barren womb may destroy more than just the dreams of a life that never will be.

tags: dreams life marriage infertility childlessness [add]

2008-07-21 16:12:01 / Rating: 81.75 /

Delilah

It was the third morning in a row she had awoken from the same dream and knew, as she looked at her boyfriend sleeping next to her, that dreaming about another guy shouldn't have felt so right.

tags: guilt love relationships dreams [add]

2007-09-13 13:52:38 / Rating: 131.5 /

Dave Walls

I keep telling myself 'the phone is going to ring', but after two months, I can't seem to believe myself anymore when it comes to job interviews.

tags: jobs work hope dreams career frustration [add]

2007-07-05 12:25:50 / Rating: 152.25 /

Barry

I wonder every day what it would be like to have achieved my childhood dreams, knowing it's impossible to grow up to be a kitten.

tags: humor childhood dreams growing up stupid [add]

2007-06-15 13:47:45 / Rating: 373.75 /

Never was

I watch anything about cheerleading on TV that comes on because I always wanted to be one, when I was in high school almost 20 years ago.

tags: dreams childhood disappointment [add]

2007-05-14 13:31:11 / Rating: 142.75 /

Sunita

As I waited for the train to arrive, tears rolling down my cheeks in the freezing cold, I felt the dreams of a life with the only man I ever loved exploding over and over again like a re-run of some tragedy on TV.

tags: love tears dreams expectations [add]

2007-03-01 14:30:21 / Rating: 172.75 /

Bob

When I was eight or nine years old, I had a dream that I was riding my bike in the driveway and my dad backed the car into me, but instead of hurting me, it crushed the rear end of the car.

tags: childhood dreams bicycle humor [add]

2006-09-05 07:43:37 / Rating: 214 /