Story Harvest

It was a beautiful summer morning in Oregon’s Jefferson State Park wilderness. My friends and I had just arrived at the gravel parking lot on …

When I was a little girl, my world was small. We didn’t really go to church much, I had friends in the neighborhood and school …

On October 18, 2016, I was sailing on a cargo ship, the MV Baltic Sea, to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Early in the …

The date was July 8, 2014. A reverse 911 call came through with tornado warnings. A tornado? I’ve seen results of tornadoes in the news, but …

The day of January 25, 1978, had been favorable—rain and fog, a little misty, but the temperature a mild 40 degrees—when I clocked in at …

The exciting days leading up to my college tour were filled with apprehension, plans and preparation for the future. I didn’t know what I wanted …

Small town life always seemed ordinary to me. I had lived in a town of less than 35,000 people since I was three years old. …

It was a freezing fall morning when I found myself waking up earlier than usual. Yet today it wasn’t to study; it was to have …

Last autumn I fell in love. The guy I loved said everything I’ve ever wanted my guy to say. He and I stepped into a …

It was the fall of 2013; I was 14 years old and in the eighth grade. My parents had just picked me up from school …