Beloved Son

The North Portico was steeped in tradition on November 24, 2025, as the White House welcomed its towering 18½-foot Christmas tree. But the spotlight quickly shifted from the Michigan-grown fir to the woman greeting it: First Lady Melania Trump, making her seasonal debut in Washington, D.C. What was meant to be a classic holiday moment…

The Wilted Rose Once, a shy young man named Haru fell deeply in love with a kind-hearted woman named Aoi. Every day he watched her from afar, too nervous to speak. Finally, he worked up the courage to offer her a single rose — dark, almost black, because he thought it looked unique and beautiful,…