It was a sudden realization, the kind of realization that stabs you in the back and makes you feel like there’s an endless pit in the bottom of your stomach. There would be no more hanging out or joking around. There would be no more late night phone calls to check and make sure everything [...]
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Eventually
The summer before my sister’s junior year, I cried because I knew there were only two years before she left for college and a whole chapter of my life would end. As my junior year comes to a close, my own future looms closer each and every day. I often wonder what will become of [...]
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My dad brings me my lunch when I forget it. He tutored me in math when I needed it. He taught me how to drive a stick even though it took a whole month. He has spent countless hours helping me write speeches for every Student Council election. My dad has always been there for [...]
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I stare out the window of the plane, wondering and asking God why. I look over to my dad, who sits quietly in his seat, just staring straight ahead. I wish I could say something to him, but I can’t; I’m too upset. I wipe another tear away from under my eye. I’m not [...]
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An oily sheen appears to coat its surface. A purple glove haunts its corners. Aluminum cans cluster underneath the bridge. Styrofoam containers and plastic bags float until they gradually sink in the murky green water. Some days, Plano’s pond looks better than this, but that’s only because the current has pushed all the trash to [...]
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It doesn’t take much to hide it from the world. Maybe a pair of oversized sweatpants or a shirt with long, opaque sleeves. Yet, it was responsible for 633,000 emergency room visits in 2009 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NBC reports recent studies have found that it affects 17 to [...]
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When I was 7, I got the terrible news. All my life it had just been my mother and me. I liked it like that and in my mind it was the correct family. I didn’t need a dad or brothers or sisters or grandparents. I had my mom and she was all I needed. [...]
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When I was a little girl, I was overly anxious and fearful. In every experience I would find something to fret about that would nag me for days, until I found the next thing to replace it. I believed every misfortune I was exposed to was going to happen to me. When I was younger [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A leggings epidemic
There was a terrible rumor spreading through the halls of Wilson Middle School – leggings were going to be banned. As far as we were concerned, there was no logical basis behind this ban. As long as our clothes were in dress code, why would it matter if we wore leggings underneath? Thankfully, our [...]
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