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...

     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...

I stare at the pink and white flowers delicately floating in the water under the white memorial. For an instant I’m struck still. I’m unable to move as terror seizes me. I imagine the sight that occurred...

I sat in an uncomfortable green chair on the fourth floor in the 18th room to the left. I was holding my day-old cousin in my arms. She was small and red all over. To me, she was ugly. She was the newest...

Sometimes it doesn’t take a swarm of people for me to become lost in a crowd. Sometimes I get lost when I’m just with a group of friends at lunch. It’s a different kind of lost, though. In crowds...

     Her watery brown eyes stare back at me, looking through my soul, pleading with me to stay. Memories flash through my mind of her and me – some happy, some sad. I watch as she is taken further...

     The sand went on and on in waves, each enveloping the next. The sheer size of the area combined with the last rays of the setting sun sent a sense of awe through my shivering body. It was cold...

     I had never wanted to lose her as a friend. She was one of those people who just understood me so well. She could finish my sentences and order exactly what I wanted off a restaurant menu. I trusted...

    It was almost like she was dead. I remember my mom telling me not to say that, but it was how I felt. For the past 13 years, my older sister had been with me through everything. Through the six...

     The antique photograph sits on the sturdy oak desk, worn and decrepit, I’m nervous to pick it up in fear that it will crumble between my fingers. I conquer fear and gently lift the yellowed...

When Sunday morning rolled around, I found the energy to clean my room, which was sadly destroyed by my terribly messy habits. I hung up clothes. I put away random papers or shoes. Lastly I stripped the...

There is a place on Harvest Hill that is home to many. They live in a brown brick building with many windows. It stands next to a neighborhood and looks as if it could just be any home. Inside there’s...