Welcome to Short Stories — a quiet corner of CalorieMatters where emotions breathe, truths unfold, and healing takes shape through raw, reflective moments.

These aren’t fictional tales. These are lived days. Heavy mornings. Brave nights. Conversations that happened in silence, in rage, in love, or in the middle of making tea.

They are soft scenes pulled from the hearts of women who are unlearning guilt, rewriting what freedom means, and finally choosing themselves after generations of being told not to.

Each story here is a window. Sometimes into a memory. Sometimes into grief. Often into that moment we’ve all felt but never said out loud.

They’re short. But they’re real. And they’re not written to impress you—they’re written to hold you.

If you’ve ever felt stuck between …. If you’ve ever wondered if it’s okay to want more while still loving the people you’re trying to heal from… If you’ve ever said, “I can’t carry them and myself anymore,”

These are for you.

And maybe, they’ll become pages of something bigger—because yes, a book is coming. But for now, let’s sit with these truths, together.

— Urmi