Sasee Magazine

I didn’t watch my first NASCAR race until I was in my twenties. My cousin Leslie’s husband was working for Dewalt and frequently went to the races to promote and sell merchandise. And, the two of them were living in Concord, North Carolina – very close to Lowe’s Motor Speedway. So naturally, they were race [...]

Our headlights bore straight through the window to the back of our house as Craig and I pulled in our driveway. “Did you leave the blinds open in the living room?” he asked. “And the bedroom?” “No,” I answered. “You know I wouldn’t leave the house open for strangers to peek in.” “Well one of [...]

“Mom, Nan called while you were gone,” I relayed to my mother. “What? Your daddy went out to the farm?” she asked. I repeated the message, and my sister, dad and I laughed. We were getting used to her misunderstanding us. It was an everyday occurrence, and it made for humorous discussion. “Did you put [...]

Her name is Pat. I call her Tooty. We met when I was a first-year teacher at a small, private school. Early in the year, I felt overwhelmed and was beginning to think I had made the worst decision of my life. Tooty, a veteran English teacher, convinced me that I could handle the pressure [...]

“Please come get me,” I sobbed into the receiver. “I just can’t do this. It’s too stressful, and I want to come home.” Looking back, I cannot believe these words came out of the mouth of the girl who swore she would never return to Wakefield, the tiny town where everyone knows your business. But [...]

I am one member of a family of magicians. They don’t pull rabbits out of hats, perform card tricks, or make people disappear. What they can do is even more breathtaking. My family is capable of creating Christmas magic that can leave the average person amazed and bewildered well into adulthood. One Christmas Eve, when [...]

“You look like you could be Miss Delaware,” a strange man said as he gestured just to the right of me. “Actually, you’re even prettier.” The man was pointing to Chelsea, my cousin’s new girlfriend, who looked like she had stepped right off the stage of the Miss Universe contest. I should have been relieved [...]

Cool, calm and collected – I wish I could say those adjectives describe me. I’ve always admired people who remain calm under pressure and aren’t easily riled. But unfortunately, I am prone to overreacting. I am known to fly off the handle, and instead of cool, calm and collected, I would be better described as [...]

My parents didn’t love me when I was a kid. Anyone can see the neglect and utter embarrassment I suffered just by glancing through my childhood photo albums. Mission: Humiliate Melissa began when I was five and I received my first major haircut. It was a bowl cut and a very unattractive one at that. [...]

It is not uncommon for the religious person to spend years, maybe even decades, pondering the meaning of life. For some of us, we may be well into adulthood before we realize what doesn’t matter at all and what is actually important. So what happens when a 19-year-old leads you down the road to insight? [...]