As the sunset across the Australian horizon the hues of orange, red, and yellow beamed on Carol's face as she sat on a bronzed bench on the ship's side deck. This was always her favorite place to clear her mind, right before...

I knew he would be there waiting for me. I got a sense of it every night before I fell asleep. The threat of his existence alerted something deep and primal inside of me. A feeling that I still have no words for...

Bayamo, Cuba June 15th, 1968 Today was a day Cely's family had been waiting for all of her young life. Her coming of age. A day she would never forget, so they said. Cely's large plantation-style home was...