| # | name | born | sex | occupation | residence | subjects | year of story | age during story |
| 1 | keith dumbleton | 1971 | male | cabinetmaker | chicago, IL | food, lesson-learned, superstition, disappointment | 1981 | 10 | [email protected] |
| 2 | lori waxman | 1976 | female | writer | brooklyn, NY | tragedy, world event, loss, terror, confusion, shock | 2001 | 25 | N/A |
| 3 | anoymous1 | 1974 | female | student | chicago, IL | love, sex, decision-making, disillusionment, betrayal | 1996 | 22 | [email protected] |
| 4 | carol | 1943 | female | mother & wife | N/A | loss, grief, coping, death, change, love | 2001 | 58 | N/A |