They say that everyone has a story to tell. One story of tragedy or triumph that is deemed important enough to be shared with the world. No matter how small or large your world might be.

But I think we all have many stories to tell. Minor stories. Major stories. Stories of sadness or just frustration. Stories of immense grief or flight inducing happiness. Stories, about every day life. And all of them are important enough to be told. Many, needing to be told.

Why tell our stories? There are many reasons. Sometimes our stories need to be told if just to be able to lay down a burden that has weighed down our soul. Sometimes, because your story may bring hope to someone who reads it. Or, because the stories can bring comfort to a stranger half a world away, simply by letting them know that there is someone else that is experiencing the same problems or challenges. Comfort in knowing that, they, are not alone. And stories - as someone once said - that need to be told because, one day, they may save a life.

And we never know which of our stories might be the one that will matter to someone else. Which means that we shouldn't hesitate to write them - especially with the thought that a particular story is not important enough to matter. Because, the truth is, all of our stories, matter. Because, together, they tell the complete tale of this thing we call life.

So, I ask you, to send me your stories here. Send them without worrying about how they sound, checking your grammer, or worrying about capitalization and punctuation. Send them with a name or state or country or send them anonymously. And I will post them here and, together, we will see what happens when a person takes a chance to share their story with the world.

Send your story - with the text pasted in the body of the email to: tkharrisonline@hotmail.com.