5 Minute Story Project

“My husband and I have been in an open marriage for five (plus) years. At the beginning we were really excited about it and took it really slow. We didn’t anticipate doing more than casually ...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/holding-both/

“So, 16-year-old me. For whatever reason, I remember very distinctly that I was wearing one of my dad’s old sweater vests this day. And a maroon ribbon in my hair because that’s how I rolle...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/07/25/teenage-split-leads-to-marriage/

“I played trombone in the 6th grade. My parents had got me a trombone and all through 6th grade I played. Over the summer I had been practicing pretty much every day andI was really excited a...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/07/18/difficulties-with-gratefulness/

“It was one of my worst summer jobs, when I was driving the Anchorage Trolley Tours. My friend was driving another trolley. There was a day she had to take another trolley group down to Seward,...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/the-spanish-navy-and-murder/

“9th grade science class. My science teacher and my peers all thought of me as a good student, and I was doing well…in everything in my life at that point, pretty much. And then we had the pr...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/07/04/9th-grade-science-project-fiasco/

“So my Auntie Beryl was kind of like my grandma because she lived right across the street from my grandma. She helped raise my mom and my aunt when their daddy died and my grandma had to go bac...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/vanity/

“My first girlfriend was an older woman. She was in second grade and I was in first grade. I was friends with her and her friends and we decided we should be boyfriend and girlfriend. There ar...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/446/

“I will preface by saying this has some basis in fact. My family spends some time every summer in a small town in northern Minnesota. We’ve been going my entire life. My grandparents started ...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/06/13/lakefront-ghost-story/

“The story definitely starts with our dog, Mabel. Her passing away was just one small part of her life, but it is an important part of this story. She passed away very suddenly and it was so ha...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/my-rescue-dog-rescued-me/

“I knew that they had all of the American students who were doing this particular study abroad program do one weekend of homestay, and I was not very excited about it. I just sort of had this g...

https://5minutestoryproject.wordpress.com/2015/05/30/kooky-brits-give-me-tv/